Brooker vs Lawtey

A side-by-side comparison of Brooker and Lawtey: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooker and Lawtey are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lawtey has the higher population (1,317 vs 266 in Brooker). Brooker has the higher median household income ($70,556 vs $55,000 in Lawtey). Brooker has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $160,900 in Lawtey).

Population, income & housing

	Brooker	Lawtey
Population	266	1,317
Median age	50.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,556	$55,000
Median home value	$179,700	$160,900
Median gross rent	$788	$670
Housing units	116	408
Homeownership rate	76.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	24.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooker	Lawtey
Population	390 → 266 (-31.8%)	988 → 1,317 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $70,556 (+31.3%)	$33,854 → $55,000 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $179,700 (+119.4%)	$78,300 → $160,900 (+105.5%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $788 (+0.9%)	$625 → $670 (+7.2%)

Brooker

Population

390266

Median household income

$53,750$70,556

Median home value

$81,900$179,700

Median gross rent

$781$788

Lawtey

Population

9881,317

Median household income

$33,854$55,000

Median home value

$78,300$160,900

Median gross rent

$625$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooker	Lawtey
Under 5	3.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	18.8%	23.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.8%
75 and over	10.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooker	Lawtey
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	47.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooker	Lawtey
No high school diploma	15.7%	29.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooker	Lawtey
Drove alone	74.4%	74.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooker	Lawtey
1-unit, detached	84.5%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Brooker	Lawtey
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.51	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	47
Median year structure built	1977	1982