Brooklyn vs Marissa

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

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

Marissa has the higher population (1,133 vs 811 in Brooklyn). Marissa has the higher median household income ($48,393 vs $37,656 in Brooklyn). Marissa has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $37,200 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Marissa
Population	811	1,133
Median age	29.1 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$48,393
Median home value	$37,200	$87,000
Median gross rent	$950	$572
Housing units	366	725
Homeownership rate	46.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Marissa
Population	439 → 811 (+84.7%)	1,410 → 1,133 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$18,611 → $37,656 (+102.3%)	$40,216 → $48,393 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $37,200 (+11.7%)	$79,500 → $87,000 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$382 → $950 (+148.7%)	$670 → $572 (-14.6%)

Brooklyn

Population

439811

Median household income

$18,611$37,656

Median home value

$33,300$37,200

Median gross rent

$382$950

Marissa

Population

1,4101,133

Median household income

$40,216$48,393

Median home value

$79,500$87,000

Median gross rent

$670$572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Marissa
Under 5	14.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	26.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.2%
45 to 54	4.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.7%
75 and over	3.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Marissa
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	94.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	14.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Marissa
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	48.4%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Marissa
Drove alone	64.5%	69.2%
Carpooled	21.3%	16.3%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Marissa
1-unit, detached	55.2%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Marissa
Poverty rate	35.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.95	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1965	1958