Brookhaven vs Tucker

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

Brookhaven and Tucker 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 37,022 in Tucker). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($117,448 vs $81,141 in Tucker). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($660,300 vs $359,300 in Tucker).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Tucker
Population	57,224	37,022
Median age	34.7 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$117,448	$81,141
Median home value	$660,300	$359,300
Median gross rent	$1,789	$1,458
Housing units	27,754	16,305
Homeownership rate	53.4%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Tucker
Population	53,819 → 57,224 (+6.3%)	35,965 → 37,022 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$92,604 → $117,448 (+26.8%)	$70,522 → $81,141 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $660,300 (+36.3%)	$256,200 → $359,300 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,789 (+26.4%)	$1,075 → $1,458 (+35.6%)

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

Tucker

Population

35,96537,022

Median household income

$70,522$81,141

Median home value

$256,200$359,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Tucker
Under 5	7.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Tucker
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	37.2%
Black or African American	13.6%	40.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Tucker
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	8.1%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Tucker
Drove alone	58.7%	64.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.0%
Public transit	4.2%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	22.3%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Tucker
1-unit, detached	40.4%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	17.4%
20 or more units	28.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Tucker
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1992	1980