Brooklyn vs Grass Lake

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

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

Grass Lake has the higher population (1,235 vs 1,047 in Brooklyn). Grass Lake has the higher median household income ($74,306 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Grass Lake has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $176,900 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
Population	1,047	1,235
Median age	50.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$74,306
Median home value	$176,900	$199,400
Median gross rent	$867	$954
Housing units	594	569
Homeownership rate	70.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	1,230 → 1,235 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$67,619 → $74,306 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$155,900 → $199,400 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$833 → $954 (+14.5%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Grass Lake

Population

1,2301,235

Median household income

$67,619$74,306

Median home value

$155,900$199,400

Median gross rent

$833$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
Under 5	5.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	22.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.6%
75 and over	17.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
Drove alone	82.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
1-unit, detached	60.9%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	5.3%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Grass Lake
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.06	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1970	1954