Brook Park vs Finlayson

A side-by-side comparison of Brook Park and Finlayson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Finlayson has the higher population (228 vs 123 in Brook Park). Finlayson has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $60,625 in Brook Park). Finlayson has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $101,400 in Brook Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Park	Finlayson
Population	123	228
Median age	38.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$63,750
Median home value	$101,400	$175,000
Median gross rent	$1,125	$790
Housing units	53	120
Homeownership rate	58.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Park	Finlayson
Population	141 → 123 (-12.8%)	321 → 228 (-29.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $60,625 (+24.4%)	$38,929 → $63,750 (+63.8%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $101,400 (-4.6%)	$118,800 → $175,000 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,125 (+27.7%)	$568 → $790 (+39.1%)

Brook Park

Population

141123

Median household income

$48,750$60,625

Median home value

$106,300$101,400

Median gross rent

$881$1,125

Finlayson

Population

321228

Median household income

$38,929$63,750

Median home value

$118,800$175,000

Median gross rent

$568$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Park	Finlayson
Under 5	0.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.7%
35 to 44	20.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.9%
75 and over	4.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Park	Finlayson
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Park	Finlayson
No high school diploma	10.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	63.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Park	Finlayson
Drove alone	81.4%	85.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Park	Finlayson
1-unit, detached	81.1%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Brook Park	Finlayson
Poverty rate	1.6%	19.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	41	20
Median year structure built	1971	1974