Brooklyn Park vs Ferndale

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

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

Ferndale has the higher population (17,076 vs 15,799 in Brooklyn Park). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($92,391 vs $84,276 in Brooklyn Park). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($325,400 vs $258,900 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
Population	15,799	17,076
Median age	39.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,276	$92,391
Median home value	$258,900	$325,400
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,708
Housing units	6,023	6,719
Homeownership rate	83.6%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
Population	14,850 → 15,799 (+6.4%)	17,208 → 17,076 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $84,276 (+37.6%)	$72,168 → $92,391 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $258,900 (+22.8%)	$247,800 → $325,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,453 (+15.3%)	$1,378 → $1,708 (+23.9%)

Brooklyn Park

Population

14,85015,799

Median household income

$61,250$84,276

Median home value

$210,800$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,453

Ferndale

Population

17,20817,076

Median household income

$72,168$92,391

Median home value

$247,800$325,400

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
Under 5	6.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.4%
75 and over	6.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	55.9%
Black or African American	23.7%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	3.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
No high school diploma	15.8%	10.1%
High school graduate	39.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
Drove alone	76.4%	68.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	18.0%
Public transit	3.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	10.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
1-unit, detached	65.2%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	18.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Park	Ferndale
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1955	1971