Brooklyn vs Lenzburg

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

Brooklyn and Lenzburg 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 513 in Lenzburg). Lenzburg has the higher median household income ($44,722 vs $37,656 in Brooklyn). Lenzburg has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $37,200 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
Population	811	513
Median age	29.1 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$44,722
Median home value	$37,200	$92,500
Median gross rent	$950	$645
Housing units	366	228
Homeownership rate	46.5%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
Population	439 → 811 (+84.7%)	454 → 513 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$18,611 → $37,656 (+102.3%)	$39,850 → $44,722 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $37,200 (+11.7%)	$64,200 → $92,500 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$382 → $950 (+148.7%)	$810 → $645 (-20.4%)

Brooklyn

Population

439811

Median household income

$18,611$37,656

Median home value

$33,300$37,200

Median gross rent

$382$950

Lenzburg

Population

454513

Median household income

$39,850$44,722

Median home value

$64,200$92,500

Median gross rent

$810$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
Under 5	14.7%	10.1%
5 to 17	26.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	4.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.4%
75 and over	3.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	96.5%
Black or African American	94.5%	0.2%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
No high school diploma	4.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	48.4%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
Drove alone	64.5%	91.1%
Carpooled	21.3%	2.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
1-unit, detached	55.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Lenzburg
Poverty rate	35.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1965	1968