Brooklyn vs Vandercook Lake

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

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

Vandercook Lake has the higher population (4,434 vs 1,047 in Brooklyn). Vandercook Lake has the higher median household income ($52,337 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($176,900 vs $125,800 in Vandercook Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
Population	1,047	4,434
Median age	50.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$52,337
Median home value	$176,900	$125,800
Median gross rent	$867	$1,094
Housing units	594	2,146
Homeownership rate	70.3%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	4,615 → 4,434 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$46,521 → $52,337 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$92,500 → $125,800 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$841 → $1,094 (+30.1%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Vandercook Lake

Population

4,6154,434

Median household income

$46,521$52,337

Median home value

$92,500$125,800

Median gross rent

$841$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
Under 5	5.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.4%
75 and over	17.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.4%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
Drove alone	82.8%	88.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
1-unit, detached	60.9%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Vandercook Lake
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1970	1956