Brooklyn vs Parma

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

Brooklyn and Parma 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 653 in Parma). Parma has the higher median household income ($71,413 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($176,900 vs $121,300 in Parma).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Parma
Population	1,047	653
Median age	50.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$71,413
Median home value	$176,900	$121,300
Median gross rent	$867	$1,050
Housing units	594	277
Homeownership rate	70.3%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Parma
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	600 → 653 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$71,500 → $71,413 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$88,500 → $121,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$675 → $1,050 (+55.6%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Parma

Population

600653

Median household income

$71,500$71,413

Median home value

$88,500$121,300

Median gross rent

$675$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Parma
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	19.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.9%
75 and over	17.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Parma
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Parma
No high school diploma	6.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Parma
Drove alone	82.8%	92.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Parma
1-unit, detached	60.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Parma
Poverty rate	12.3%	12.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1970	1951