Brooklyn vs Deep River

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

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

Brooklyn has the higher population (1,565 vs 315 in Deep River). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($71,500 vs $67,143 in Deep River). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $82,100 in Deep River).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Deep River
Population	1,565	315
Median age	35.9 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$67,143
Median home value	$123,600	$82,100
Median gross rent	$813	—
Housing units	642	129
Homeownership rate	69.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Deep River
Population	1,703 → 1,565 (-8.1%)	236 → 315 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$55,224 → $71,500 (+29.5%)	$41,667 → $67,143 (+61.1%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $123,600 (+18.3%)	$65,400 → $82,100 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $813 (+11.8%)	$290 → $408 (+40.7%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,7031,565

Median household income

$55,224$71,500

Median home value

$104,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$727$813

Deep River

Population

236315

Median household income

$41,667$67,143

Median home value

$65,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$290$408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Deep River
Under 5	10.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	29.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	4.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.8%
75 and over	5.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Deep River
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Deep River
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.9%	67.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Deep River
Drove alone	76.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Deep River
1-unit, detached	77.3%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Deep River
Poverty rate	18.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1955	1938