Brooklyn vs Hanover

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

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

Brooklyn has the higher population (1,047 vs 413 in Hanover). Hanover has the higher median household income ($68,333 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($176,900 vs $142,700 in Hanover).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Hanover
Population	1,047	413
Median age	50.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$68,333
Median home value	$176,900	$142,700
Median gross rent	$867	$938
Housing units	594	173
Homeownership rate	70.3%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Hanover
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	476 → 413 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$56,111 → $68,333 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$98,100 → $142,700 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$775 → $938 (+21.0%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Hanover

Population

476413

Median household income

$56,111$68,333

Median home value

$98,100$142,700

Median gross rent

$775$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Hanover
Under 5	5.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	26.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.6%
75 and over	17.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Hanover
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Hanover
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Hanover
Drove alone	82.8%	84.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Hanover
1-unit, detached	60.9%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Hanover
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1970	1949