Brooksville vs South Brooksville

A side-by-side comparison of Brooksville and South Brooksville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brooksville has the higher population (9,235 vs 4,835 in South Brooksville). South Brooksville has the higher median household income ($58,849 vs $47,796 in Brooksville). South Brooksville has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $112,400 in Brooksville).

Population, income & housing

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
Population	9,235	4,835
Median age	52.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,796	$58,849
Median home value	$112,400	$124,000
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,255
Housing units	5,010	2,738
Homeownership rate	62.2%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
Population	8,191 → 9,235 (+12.7%)	4,200 → 4,835 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$32,203 → $47,796 (+48.4%)	$32,742 → $58,849 (+79.7%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $112,400 (+82.5%)	$81,400 → $124,000 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $1,070 (+34.1%)	$752 → $1,255 (+66.9%)

Brooksville

Population

8,1919,235

Median household income

$32,203$47,796

Median home value

$61,600$112,400

Median gross rent

$798$1,070

South Brooksville

Population

4,2004,835

Median household income

$32,742$58,849

Median home value

$81,400$124,000

Median gross rent

$752$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
Under 5	4.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.7%
65 to 74	18.9%	12.3%
75 and over	12.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	82.9%
Black or African American	13.3%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
Drove alone	79.9%	90.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	1.1%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
1-unit, detached	41.3%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooksville	South Brooksville
Poverty rate	22.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1982	1980