Brooklyn vs Spring Arbor

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

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

Spring Arbor has the higher population (2,385 vs 1,047 in Brooklyn). Spring Arbor has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Spring Arbor has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $176,900 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
Population	1,047	2,385
Median age	50.9 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$77,721
Median home value	$176,900	$213,100
Median gross rent	$867	$895
Housing units	594	663
Homeownership rate	70.3%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	2,402 → 2,385 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$65,972 → $77,721 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$180,700 → $213,100 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$488 → $895 (+83.4%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Spring Arbor

Population

2,4022,385

Median household income

$65,972$77,721

Median home value

$180,700$213,100

Median gross rent

$488$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
Under 5	5.2%	0.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	9.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	41.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	3.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	6.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.1%
75 and over	17.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
Drove alone	82.8%	41.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	29.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	6.9%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
1-unit, detached	60.9%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	18.7%
20 or more units	14.3%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Spring Arbor
Poverty rate	12.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1970	1988