Brooklyn Park vs Riviera Beach

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

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

Brooklyn Park has the higher population (15,799 vs 12,608 in Riviera Beach). Riviera Beach has the higher median household income ($110,136 vs $84,276 in Brooklyn Park). Riviera Beach has the higher median home value ($334,000 vs $258,900 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
Population	15,799	12,608
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,276	$110,136
Median home value	$258,900	$334,000
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,945
Housing units	6,023	5,007
Homeownership rate	83.6%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
Population	14,850 → 15,799 (+6.4%)	12,658 → 12,608 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $84,276 (+37.6%)	$96,359 → $110,136 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $258,900 (+22.8%)	$268,100 → $334,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,453 (+15.3%)	$1,801 → $1,945 (+8.0%)

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

Riviera Beach

Population

12,65812,608

Median household income

$96,359$110,136

Median home value

$268,100$334,000

Median gross rent

$1,801$1,945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
Under 5	6.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.2%
75 and over	6.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	23.7%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
No high school diploma	15.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
Drove alone	76.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.3%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
1-unit, detached	65.2%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	27.9%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Park	Riviera Beach
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1955	1979