Brooks vs Mount Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Brooks and Mount Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooks and Mount Washington are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Washington has the higher population (18,228 vs 2,246 in Brooks). Mount Washington has the higher median household income ($93,852 vs $70,947 in Brooks). Mount Washington has the higher median home value ($253,700 vs $203,600 in Brooks).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks	Mount Washington
Population	2,246	18,228
Median age	50.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,947	$93,852
Median home value	$203,600	$253,700
Median gross rent	$1,113	$919
Housing units	885	6,902
Homeownership rate	86.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks	Mount Washington
Population	2,481 → 2,246 (-9.5%)	14,567 → 18,228 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$60,204 → $70,947 (+17.8%)	$69,214 → $93,852 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $203,600 (+34.4%)	$170,400 → $253,700 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,113 (+14.6%)	$757 → $919 (+21.4%)

Brooks

Population

2,4812,246

Median household income

$60,204$70,947

Median home value

$151,500$203,600

Median gross rent

$971$1,113

Mount Washington

Population

14,56718,228

Median household income

$69,214$93,852

Median home value

$170,400$253,700

Median gross rent

$757$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks	Mount Washington
Under 5	3.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	22.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	18.2%	8.6%
75 and over	6.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks	Mount Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks	Mount Washington
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	55.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks	Mount Washington
Drove alone	70.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks	Mount Washington
1-unit, detached	78.5%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Brooks	Mount Washington
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1984	2002