Brooklyn vs Summerfield

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

Brooklyn and Summerfield 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 358 in Summerfield). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($58,661 vs $37,656 in Brooklyn). Summerfield has the higher median home value ($84,100 vs $37,200 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
Population	811	358
Median age	29.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$58,661
Median home value	$37,200	$84,100
Median gross rent	$950	$815
Housing units	366	190
Homeownership rate	46.5%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
Population	439 → 811 (+84.7%)	357 → 358 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$18,611 → $37,656 (+102.3%)	$44,722 → $58,661 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $37,200 (+11.7%)	$83,000 → $84,100 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	$382 → $950 (+148.7%)	$840 → $815 (-3.0%)

Brooklyn

Population

439811

Median household income

$18,611$37,656

Median home value

$33,300$37,200

Median gross rent

$382$950

Summerfield

Population

357358

Median household income

$44,722$58,661

Median home value

$83,000$84,100

Median gross rent

$840$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
Under 5	14.7%	1.1%
5 to 17	26.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	4.6%	17.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.7%
75 and over	3.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	96.6%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
No high school diploma	4.1%	19.3%
High school graduate	48.4%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
Drove alone	64.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	21.3%	9.3%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	55.2%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	35.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Summerfield
Poverty rate	35.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.95	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1965	1976