Brooklyn vs New Athens

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

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

New Athens has the higher population (1,937 vs 811 in Brooklyn). New Athens has the higher median household income ($61,477 vs $37,656 in Brooklyn). New Athens has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $37,200 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	New Athens
Population	811	1,937
Median age	29.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$61,477
Median home value	$37,200	$118,100
Median gross rent	$950	$927
Housing units	366	914
Homeownership rate	46.5%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	New Athens
Population	439 → 811 (+84.7%)	2,147 → 1,937 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$18,611 → $37,656 (+102.3%)	$63,583 → $61,477 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $37,200 (+11.7%)	$108,900 → $118,100 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$382 → $950 (+148.7%)	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)

Brooklyn

Population

439811

Median household income

$18,611$37,656

Median home value

$33,300$37,200

Median gross rent

$382$950

New Athens

Population

2,1471,937

Median household income

$63,583$61,477

Median home value

$108,900$118,100

Median gross rent

$769$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	New Athens
Under 5	14.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	26.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	2.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	4.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.0%
75 and over	3.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	New Athens
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	92.5%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	New Athens
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	48.4%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	New Athens
Drove alone	64.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	21.3%	7.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	New Athens
1-unit, detached	55.2%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	New Athens
Poverty rate	35.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.95	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1965	1960