Brooklyn Park vs Minneapolis

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

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

Minneapolis has the higher population (426,845 vs 84,349 in Brooklyn Park). Brooklyn Park has the higher median household income ($85,964 vs $80,269 in Minneapolis). Minneapolis has the higher median home value ($345,600 vs $313,500 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
Population	84,349	426,845
Median age	35.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,964	$80,269
Median home value	$313,500	$345,600
Median gross rent	$1,331	$1,329
Housing units	30,202	203,217
Homeownership rate	69.8%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
Population	80,068 → 84,349 (+5.3%)	420,324 → 426,845 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$73,940 → $85,964 (+16.3%)	$62,583 → $80,269 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $313,500 (+39.8%)	$251,600 → $345,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,331 (+22.9%)	$1,027 → $1,329 (+29.4%)

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

Minneapolis

Population

420,324426,845

Median household income

$62,583$80,269

Median home value

$251,600$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
Under 5	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	21.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.0%
75 and over	4.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	59.5%
Black or African American	30.1%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	19.9%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	22.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
Drove alone	69.5%	53.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.9%
Public transit	2.8%	7.5%
Walked	0.9%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.3%
Worked from home	12.5%	23.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
1-unit, detached	58.2%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	11.0%
20 or more units	20.4%	32.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Park	Minneapolis
Poverty rate	10.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.87	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1980	1950