Brooklyn Park vs Maple Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brooklyn Park has the higher population (84,349 vs 70,539 in Maple Grove). Maple Grove has the higher median household income ($129,481 vs $85,964 in Brooklyn Park). Maple Grove has the higher median home value ($397,400 vs $313,500 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
Population	84,349	70,539
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,964	$129,481
Median home value	$313,500	$397,400
Median gross rent	$1,331	$1,863
Housing units	30,202	28,660
Homeownership rate	69.8%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	55.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
Population	80,068 → 84,349 (+5.3%)	70,627 → 70,539 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$73,940 → $85,964 (+16.3%)	$109,557 → $129,481 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $313,500 (+39.8%)	$293,400 → $397,400 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,331 (+22.9%)	$1,513 → $1,863 (+23.1%)

Brooklyn Park

Population

80,06884,349

Median household income

$73,940$85,964

Median home value

$224,300$313,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,331

Maple Grove

Population

70,62770,539

Median household income

$109,557$129,481

Median home value

$293,400$397,400

Median gross rent

$1,513$1,863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.6%
75 and over	4.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	79.1%
Black or African American	30.1%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	19.9%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
Drove alone	69.5%	66.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.6%
Public transit	2.8%	1.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.5%	24.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
1-unit, detached	58.2%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	20.4%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Park	Maple Grove
Poverty rate	10.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1980	1991