Brooklyn Park vs Plymouth

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

Brooklyn Park and Plymouth 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 79,526 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($133,865 vs $85,964 in Brooklyn Park). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($474,700 vs $313,500 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
Population	84,349	79,526
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,964	$133,865
Median home value	$313,500	$474,700
Median gross rent	$1,331	$1,705
Housing units	30,202	33,718
Homeownership rate	69.8%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
Population	80,068 → 84,349 (+5.3%)	78,134 → 79,526 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$73,940 → $85,964 (+16.3%)	$105,958 → $133,865 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $313,500 (+39.8%)	$351,700 → $474,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,331 (+22.9%)	$1,355 → $1,705 (+25.8%)

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

Plymouth

Population

78,13479,526

Median household income

$105,958$133,865

Median home value

$351,700$474,700

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
Under 5	7.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.2%
75 and over	4.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	73.2%
Black or African American	30.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	19.9%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
Drove alone	69.5%	65.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.5%
Public transit	2.8%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	25.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	58.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.1%
20 or more units	20.4%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Park	Plymouth
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1980	1987