Brookport vs Metropolis

A side-by-side comparison of Brookport and Metropolis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Metropolis has the higher population (5,898 vs 680 in Brookport). Metropolis has the higher median household income ($51,548 vs $40,781 in Brookport). Metropolis has the higher median home value ($93,700 vs $60,300 in Brookport).

Population, income & housing

	Brookport	Metropolis
Population	680	5,898
Median age	32.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,781	$51,548
Median home value	$60,300	$93,700
Median gross rent	$838	$748
Housing units	340	3,125
Homeownership rate	64.2%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookport	Metropolis
Population	881 → 680 (-22.8%)	6,129 → 5,898 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$33,878 → $40,781 (+20.4%)	$35,855 → $51,548 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$53,900 → $60,300 (+11.9%)	$73,800 → $93,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $838 (+46.0%)	$667 → $748 (+12.1%)

Brookport

Population

881680

Median household income

$33,878$40,781

Median home value

$53,900$60,300

Median gross rent

$574$838

Metropolis

Population

6,1295,898

Median household income

$35,855$51,548

Median home value

$73,800$93,700

Median gross rent

$667$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookport	Metropolis
Under 5	10.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	17.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	5.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.6%
75 and over	10.1%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookport	Metropolis
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	82.5%
Black or African American	5.7%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookport	Metropolis
No high school diploma	13.1%	15.1%
High school graduate	52.7%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookport	Metropolis
Drove alone	93.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookport	Metropolis
1-unit, detached	58.8%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookport	Metropolis
Poverty rate	22.1%	16.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1969	1967