Brooklyn Center vs Richfield

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

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

Richfield has the higher population (36,725 vs 32,811 in Brooklyn Center). Richfield has the higher median household income ($84,055 vs $72,009 in Brooklyn Center). Richfield has the higher median home value ($320,400 vs $261,100 in Brooklyn Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
Population	32,811	36,725
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,009	$84,055
Median home value	$261,100	$320,400
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,334
Housing units	11,623	16,759
Homeownership rate	61.9%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
Population	30,849 → 32,811 (+6.4%)	36,063 → 36,725 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$59,550 → $72,009 (+20.9%)	$66,908 → $84,055 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$172,800 → $261,100 (+51.1%)	$225,200 → $320,400 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,345 (+24.2%)	$1,079 → $1,334 (+23.6%)

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

Richfield

Population

36,06336,725

Median household income

$66,908$84,055

Median home value

$225,200$320,400

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
Under 5	8.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.3%
75 and over	4.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	33.7%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	16.6%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	27.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
Drove alone	67.9%	68.1%
Carpooled	13.9%	6.8%
Public transit	3.7%	4.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.3%	15.7%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
1-unit, detached	59.4%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	11.1%
20 or more units	19.5%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Center	Richfield
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.87	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1962	1959