Brooklyn Park vs Parole

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

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

Parole has the higher population (17,910 vs 15,799 in Brooklyn Park). Parole has the higher median household income ($119,591 vs $84,276 in Brooklyn Park). Parole has the higher median home value ($521,100 vs $258,900 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
Population	15,799	17,910
Median age	39.6 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,276	$119,591
Median home value	$258,900	$521,100
Median gross rent	$1,453	$2,187
Housing units	6,023	10,037
Homeownership rate	83.6%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
Population	14,850 → 15,799 (+6.4%)	17,074 → 17,910 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $84,276 (+37.6%)	$104,006 → $119,591 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $258,900 (+22.8%)	$454,300 → $521,100 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,453 (+15.3%)	$1,877 → $2,187 (+16.5%)

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

Parole

Population

17,07417,910

Median household income

$104,006$119,591

Median home value

$454,300$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,877$2,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
Under 5	6.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	7.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	16.3%
75 and over	6.8%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	79.7%
Black or African American	23.7%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
No high school diploma	15.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
Drove alone	76.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	2.9%
Public transit	3.4%	4.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	20.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
1-unit, detached	65.2%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	17.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Park	Parole
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.82	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1955	1992