Brooklyn vs Washington Park

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

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

Washington Park has the higher population (1,728 vs 811 in Brooklyn). Washington Park has the higher median household income ($42,008 vs $37,656 in Brooklyn). Washington Park has the higher median home value ($43,200 vs $37,200 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
Population	811	1,728
Median age	29.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$42,008
Median home value	$37,200	$43,200
Median gross rent	$950	$875
Housing units	366	1,175
Homeownership rate	46.5%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	21.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
Population	439 → 811 (+84.7%)	3,941 → 1,728 (-56.2%)
Median household income	$18,611 → $37,656 (+102.3%)	$21,821 → $42,008 (+92.5%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $37,200 (+11.7%)	$45,500 → $43,200 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$382 → $950 (+148.7%)	$835 → $875 (+4.8%)

Brooklyn

Population

439811

Median household income

$18,611$37,656

Median home value

$33,300$37,200

Median gross rent

$382$950

Washington Park

Population

3,9411,728

Median household income

$21,821$42,008

Median home value

$45,500$43,200

Median gross rent

$835$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
Under 5	14.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	3.9%
45 to 54	4.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.1%
75 and over	3.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	6.0%
Black or African American	94.5%	77.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
No high school diploma	4.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	48.4%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
Drove alone	64.5%	90.5%
Carpooled	21.3%	7.4%
Public transit	2.1%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
1-unit, detached	55.2%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Washington Park
Poverty rate	35.0%	37.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1965	1959