Brooklyn vs Malcom

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

Brooklyn and Malcom 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 268 in Malcom). Malcom has the higher median household income ($73,056 vs $71,500 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $110,100 in Malcom).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Malcom
Population	1,565	268
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$73,056
Median home value	$123,600	$110,100
Median gross rent	$813	$675
Housing units	642	124
Homeownership rate	69.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Malcom
Population	1,703 → 1,565 (-8.1%)	262 → 268 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$55,224 → $71,500 (+29.5%)	$48,750 → $73,056 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $123,600 (+18.3%)	$83,200 → $110,100 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $813 (+11.8%)	$608 → $675 (+11.0%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,7031,565

Median household income

$55,224$71,500

Median home value

$104,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$727$813

Malcom

Population

262268

Median household income

$48,750$73,056

Median home value

$83,200$110,100

Median gross rent

$608$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Malcom
Under 5	10.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.4%
75 and over	5.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Malcom
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Malcom
No high school diploma	11.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	32.9%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Malcom
Drove alone	76.1%	88.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Malcom
1-unit, detached	77.3%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Malcom
Poverty rate	18.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1971