Brooklyn vs Grinnell

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

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

Grinnell has the higher population (9,527 vs 1,565 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($71,500 vs $64,426 in Grinnell). Grinnell has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $123,600 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
Population	1,565	9,527
Median age	35.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$64,426
Median home value	$123,600	$191,700
Median gross rent	$813	$876
Housing units	642	3,994
Homeownership rate	69.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
Population	1,703 → 1,565 (-8.1%)	9,031 → 9,527 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$55,224 → $71,500 (+29.5%)	$46,750 → $64,426 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $123,600 (+18.3%)	$137,500 → $191,700 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $813 (+11.8%)	$739 → $876 (+18.5%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,7031,565

Median household income

$55,224$71,500

Median home value

$104,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$727$813

Grinnell

Population

9,0319,527

Median household income

$46,750$64,426

Median home value

$137,500$191,700

Median gross rent

$739$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
Under 5	10.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	20.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.3%
75 and over	5.9%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	32.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
Drove alone	76.1%	58.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	19.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	9.2%	13.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
1-unit, detached	77.3%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Grinnell
Poverty rate	18.8%	10.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1955	1968