Brooklyn Center vs Golden Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklyn Center and Golden Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooklyn Center and Golden Valley are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brooklyn Center has the higher population (32,811 vs 21,927 in Golden Valley). Golden Valley has the higher median household income ($114,435 vs $72,009 in Brooklyn Center). Golden Valley has the higher median home value ($423,500 vs $261,100 in Brooklyn Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
Population	32,811	21,927
Median age	32.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,009	$114,435
Median home value	$261,100	$423,500
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,815
Housing units	11,623	10,302
Homeownership rate	61.9%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
Population	30,849 → 32,811 (+6.4%)	21,566 → 21,927 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$59,550 → $72,009 (+20.9%)	$98,058 → $114,435 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$172,800 → $261,100 (+51.1%)	$304,700 → $423,500 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,345 (+24.2%)	$1,349 → $1,815 (+34.5%)

Brooklyn Center

Population

30,84932,811

Median household income

$59,550$72,009

Median home value

$172,800$261,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,345

Golden Valley

Population

21,56621,927

Median household income

$98,058$114,435

Median home value

$304,700$423,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
Under 5	8.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.8%
75 and over	4.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	79.6%
Black or African American	33.7%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	16.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
Drove alone	67.9%	66.6%
Carpooled	13.9%	3.9%
Public transit	3.7%	2.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.3%	25.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
1-unit, detached	59.4%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	19.5%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Center	Golden Valley
Poverty rate	11.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1962	1966