Brooklyn vs Michigan Center

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

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

Michigan Center has the higher population (4,623 vs 1,047 in Brooklyn). Michigan Center has the higher median household income ($68,114 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($176,900 vs $159,500 in Michigan Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
Population	1,047	4,623
Median age	50.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$68,114
Median home value	$176,900	$159,500
Median gross rent	$867	$1,051
Housing units	594	2,348
Homeownership rate	70.3%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	4,797 → 4,623 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$56,373 → $68,114 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$117,800 → $159,500 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$817 → $1,051 (+28.6%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Michigan Center

Population

4,7974,623

Median household income

$56,373$68,114

Median home value

$117,800$159,500

Median gross rent

$817$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
Under 5	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.7%
75 and over	17.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
Drove alone	82.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
1-unit, detached	60.9%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Michigan Center
Poverty rate	12.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1970	1956