Brooklyn Center vs St. Louis Park

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

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

St. Louis Park has the higher population (49,541 vs 32,811 in Brooklyn Center). St. Louis Park has the higher median household income ($100,250 vs $72,009 in Brooklyn Center). St. Louis Park has the higher median home value ($371,600 vs $261,100 in Brooklyn Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
Population	32,811	49,541
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,009	$100,250
Median home value	$261,100	$371,600
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,589
Housing units	11,623	25,404
Homeownership rate	61.9%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	63.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
Population	30,849 → 32,811 (+6.4%)	48,677 → 49,541 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$59,550 → $72,009 (+20.9%)	$80,627 → $100,250 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$172,800 → $261,100 (+51.1%)	$271,600 → $371,600 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,345 (+24.2%)	$1,232 → $1,589 (+29.0%)

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

St. Louis Park

Population

48,67749,541

Median household income

$80,627$100,250

Median home value

$271,600$371,600

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
Under 5	8.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	23.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.2%
75 and over	4.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	33.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	16.6%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	27.2%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
Drove alone	67.9%	63.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	5.6%
Public transit	3.7%	2.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.3%	25.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
1-unit, detached	59.4%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	10.8%
20 or more units	19.5%	33.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Center	St. Louis Park
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.87	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1962	1965