Brooklyn Center vs New Hope

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

Brooklyn Center and New Hope 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 21,402 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median household income ($73,698 vs $72,009 in Brooklyn Center). New Hope has the higher median home value ($314,600 vs $261,100 in Brooklyn Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
Population	32,811	21,402
Median age	32.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,009	$73,698
Median home value	$261,100	$314,600
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,306
Housing units	11,623	9,417
Homeownership rate	61.9%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
Population	30,849 → 32,811 (+6.4%)	20,925 → 21,402 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$59,550 → $72,009 (+20.9%)	$60,675 → $73,698 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$172,800 → $261,100 (+51.1%)	$225,100 → $314,600 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,345 (+24.2%)	$1,034 → $1,306 (+26.3%)

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

New Hope

Population

20,92521,402

Median household income

$60,675$73,698

Median home value

$225,100$314,600

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
Under 5	8.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.6%
75 and over	4.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	59.4%
Black or African American	33.7%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	16.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
Drove alone	67.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	13.9%	7.7%
Public transit	3.7%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.3%	14.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
1-unit, detached	59.4%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	15.3%
20 or more units	19.5%	31.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Center	New Hope
Poverty rate	11.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1962	1969