Brookside vs Wilmington

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Wilmington: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookside and Wilmington are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilmington has the higher population (71,124 vs 15,262 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median household income ($72,031 vs $55,269 in Wilmington). Brookside has the higher median home value ($264,800 vs $224,500 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Wilmington
Population	15,262	71,124
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$55,269
Median home value	$264,800	$224,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,187
Housing units	5,975	35,772
Homeownership rate	62.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Wilmington
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	70,644 → 71,124 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$45,032 → $55,269 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$168,000 → $224,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,001 → $1,187 (+18.6%)

Brookside

Population

13,39615,262

Median household income

$58,555$72,031

Median home value

$197,200$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,381

Wilmington

Population

70,64471,124

Median household income

$45,032$55,269

Median home value

$168,000$224,500

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Wilmington
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	19.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.5%
75 and over	5.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	29.6%
Black or African American	20.8%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Wilmington
No high school diploma	9.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Wilmington
Drove alone	74.3%	62.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.1%
Public transit	2.2%	8.4%
Walked	0.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.7%	14.5%
Other means	2.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	63.2%	9.3%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	53.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Wilmington
Poverty rate	15.8%	23.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1967	1946