Brooker vs Starke

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

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

Starke has the higher population (5,821 vs 266 in Brooker). Brooker has the higher median household income ($70,556 vs $46,291 in Starke). Starke has the higher median home value ($200,200 vs $179,700 in Brooker).

Population, income & housing

	Brooker	Starke
Population	266	5,821
Median age	50.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,556	$46,291
Median home value	$179,700	$200,200
Median gross rent	$788	$867
Housing units	116	2,529
Homeownership rate	76.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooker	Starke
Population	390 → 266 (-31.8%)	5,393 → 5,821 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $70,556 (+31.3%)	$32,177 → $46,291 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $179,700 (+119.4%)	$97,900 → $200,200 (+104.5%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $788 (+0.9%)	$863 → $867 (+0.5%)

Brooker

Population

390266

Median household income

$53,750$70,556

Median home value

$81,900$179,700

Median gross rent

$781$788

Starke

Population

5,3935,821

Median household income

$32,177$46,291

Median home value

$97,900$200,200

Median gross rent

$863$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooker	Starke
Under 5	3.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	18.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.1%
75 and over	10.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooker	Starke
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	28.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooker	Starke
No high school diploma	15.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooker	Starke
Drove alone	74.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooker	Starke
1-unit, detached	84.5%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooker	Starke
Poverty rate	5.3%	39.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1977	1973