East Brooklyn vs Verona

A side-by-side comparison of East Brooklyn and Verona: population, income, housing, and more.

East Brooklyn and Verona are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Verona has the higher population (267 vs 58 in East Brooklyn). East Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $41,250 in Verona). East Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $108,900 in Verona).

Population, income & housing

	East Brooklyn	Verona
Population	58	267
Median age	61.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$41,250
Median home value	$203,100	$108,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	49	131
Homeownership rate	94.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Brooklyn	Verona
Population	76 → 58 (-23.7%)	226 → 267 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $88,750 (-6.6%)	$62,250 → $41,250 (-33.7%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $203,100 (+32.7%)	$106,300 → $108,900 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,125 → $1,125 (+0.0%)

East Brooklyn

Population

7658

Median household income

$95,000$88,750

Median home value

$153,100$203,100

Verona

Population

226267

Median household income

$62,250$41,250

Median home value

$106,300$108,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Brooklyn	Verona
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	1.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	1.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	24.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	25.9%	9.0%
75 and over	15.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Brooklyn	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Brooklyn	Verona
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	48.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Brooklyn	Verona
Drove alone	88.5%	92.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Brooklyn	Verona
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	East Brooklyn	Verona
Poverty rate	15.5%	31.8%
Average household size	1.66	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	45	29
Median year structure built	1962	1953