Brooklyn vs Vineyard Lake

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

Brooklyn and Vineyard Lake 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 1,038 in Vineyard Lake). Vineyard Lake has the higher median household income ($83,636 vs $48,750 in Brooklyn). Vineyard Lake has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $176,900 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
Population	1,047	1,038
Median age	50.9 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$83,636
Median home value	$176,900	$266,900
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	594	768
Homeownership rate	70.3%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
Population	1,211 → 1,047 (-13.5%)	642 → 1,038 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $48,750 (+34.0%)	$53,467 → $83,636 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $176,900 (+36.7%)	$115,800 → $266,900 (+130.5%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $867 (+34.4%)	$628 → $628 (+0.0%)

Brooklyn

Population

1,2111,047

Median household income

$36,389$48,750

Median home value

$129,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$645$867

Vineyard Lake

Population

6421,038

Median household income

$53,467$83,636

Median home value

$115,800$266,900

Median gross rent

$628$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	3.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	3.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	26.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	32.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.2%
75 and over	17.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
Drove alone	82.8%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
1-unit, detached	60.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Vineyard Lake
Poverty rate	12.3%	1.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	62
Median year structure built	1970	1958