Brooklyn Park vs Lake Shore

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

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

Lake Shore has the higher population (18,263 vs 15,799 in Brooklyn Park). Lake Shore has the higher median household income ($127,453 vs $84,276 in Brooklyn Park). Lake Shore has the higher median home value ($471,500 vs $258,900 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
Population	15,799	18,263
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,276	$127,453
Median home value	$258,900	$471,500
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,793
Housing units	6,023	7,422
Homeownership rate	83.6%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
Population	14,850 → 15,799 (+6.4%)	19,791 → 18,263 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $84,276 (+37.6%)	$108,904 → $127,453 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $258,900 (+22.8%)	$382,500 → $471,500 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,453 (+15.3%)	$1,737 → $1,793 (+3.2%)

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

Lake Shore

Population

19,79118,263

Median household income

$108,904$127,453

Median home value

$382,500$471,500

Median gross rent

$1,737$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.7%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	86.2%
Black or African American	23.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	3.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
Drove alone	76.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.3%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
1-unit, detached	65.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Park	Lake Shore
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1955	1978