Brooklyn vs Fayetteville

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

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

Brooklyn has the higher population (811 vs 381 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($56,458 vs $37,656 in Brooklyn). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $37,200 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
Population	811	381
Median age	29.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$56,458
Median home value	$37,200	$85,300
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	366	161
Homeownership rate	46.5%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
Population	439 → 811 (+84.7%)	379 → 381 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$18,611 → $37,656 (+102.3%)	$58,889 → $56,458 (-4.1%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $37,200 (+11.7%)	$72,700 → $85,300 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$382 → $950 (+148.7%)	$719 → $758 (+5.4%)

Brooklyn

Population

439811

Median household income

$18,611$37,656

Median home value

$33,300$37,200

Median gross rent

$382$950

Fayetteville

Population

379381

Median household income

$58,889$56,458

Median home value

$72,700$85,300

Median gross rent

$719$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
Under 5	14.7%	12.1%
5 to 17	26.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	0.5%
25 to 34	18.6%	18.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	4.6%	5.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.1%
75 and over	3.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	94.5%	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	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	4.1%	13.0%
High school graduate	48.4%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
Drove alone	64.5%	88.3%
Carpooled	21.3%	1.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	55.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	35.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1965	1956