Brookhaven vs Redan

A side-by-side comparison of Brookhaven and Redan: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookhaven and Redan are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookhaven has the higher population (57,224 vs 30,426 in Redan). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($117,448 vs $63,226 in Redan). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($660,300 vs $197,600 in Redan).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Redan
Population	57,224	30,426
Median age	34.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$117,448	$63,226
Median home value	$660,300	$197,600
Median gross rent	$1,789	$1,436
Housing units	27,754	12,250
Homeownership rate	53.4%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Redan
Population	53,819 → 57,224 (+6.3%)	31,873 → 30,426 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$92,604 → $117,448 (+26.8%)	$49,464 → $63,226 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $660,300 (+36.3%)	$115,100 → $197,600 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,789 (+26.4%)	$1,134 → $1,436 (+26.6%)

Brookhaven

Population

53,81957,224

Median household income

$92,604$117,448

Median home value

$484,400$660,300

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,789

Redan

Population

31,87330,426

Median household income

$49,464$63,226

Median home value

$115,100$197,600

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,436

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Redan
Under 5	7.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	20.4%	18.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.1%
75 and over	4.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Redan
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	2.9%
Black or African American	13.6%	91.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Redan
No high school diploma	8.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	8.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Redan
Drove alone	58.7%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.3%
Public transit	4.2%	6.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	27.4%	13.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Redan
1-unit, detached	40.4%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	13.8%
20 or more units	28.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Redan
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1992	1985