Brooklyn vs Searsboro

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

Brooklyn and Searsboro 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 120 in Searsboro). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($71,500 vs $50,625 in Searsboro). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $96,400 in Searsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
Population	1,565	120
Median age	35.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$50,625
Median home value	$123,600	$96,400
Median gross rent	$813	$930
Housing units	642	49
Homeownership rate	69.6%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
Population	1,703 → 1,565 (-8.1%)	166 → 120 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$55,224 → $71,500 (+29.5%)	$39,375 → $50,625 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $123,600 (+18.3%)	$72,200 → $96,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $813 (+11.8%)	$663 → $930 (+40.3%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,7031,565

Median household income

$55,224$71,500

Median home value

$104,500$123,600

Median gross rent

$727$813

Searsboro

Population

166120

Median household income

$39,375$50,625

Median home value

$72,200$96,400

Median gross rent

$663$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
Under 5	10.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	28.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.2%
75 and over	5.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
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	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
No high school diploma	11.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
Drove alone	76.1%	88.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
1-unit, detached	77.3%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Searsboro
Poverty rate	18.8%	20.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1955	1965