Brooklyn vs Napoleon

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

Brooklyn and Napoleon 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 969 in Napoleon). Napoleon has the higher median household income ($50,722 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($176,900 vs $123,500 in Napoleon).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
Population	1,047	969
Median age	50.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$50,722
Median home value	$176,900	$123,500
Median gross rent	$867	$872
Housing units	594	537
Homeownership rate	70.3%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	975 → 969 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$35,083 → $50,722 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$60,200 → $123,500 (+105.1%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$689 → $872 (+26.6%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Napoleon

Population

975969

Median household income

$35,083$50,722

Median home value

$60,200$123,500

Median gross rent

$689$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
Under 5	5.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	22.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.6%
75 and over	17.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
No high school diploma	6.1%	22.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
Drove alone	82.8%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
1-unit, detached	60.9%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Napoleon
Poverty rate	12.3%	21.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	44
Median year structure built	1970	1979