Brook Park vs Willow River

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

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

Willow River has the higher population (351 vs 123 in Brook Park). Brook Park has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $52,188 in Willow River). Willow River has the higher median home value ($197,700 vs $101,400 in Brook Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Park	Willow River
Population	123	351
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$52,188
Median home value	$101,400	$197,700
Median gross rent	$1,125	$758
Housing units	53	177
Homeownership rate	58.1%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Park	Willow River
Population	141 → 123 (-12.8%)	457 → 351 (-23.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $60,625 (+24.4%)	$40,250 → $52,188 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $101,400 (-4.6%)	$123,500 → $197,700 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,125 (+27.7%)	$740 → $758 (+2.4%)

Brook Park

Population

141123

Median household income

$48,750$60,625

Median home value

$106,300$101,400

Median gross rent

$881$1,125

Willow River

Population

457351

Median household income

$40,250$52,188

Median home value

$123,500$197,700

Median gross rent

$740$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Park	Willow River
Under 5	0.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.7%
35 to 44	20.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	5.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.5%
75 and over	4.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Park	Willow River
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	98.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Park	Willow River
No high school diploma	10.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	63.6%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Park	Willow River
Drove alone	81.4%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Park	Willow River
1-unit, detached	81.1%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Brook Park	Willow River
Poverty rate	1.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	41	41
Median year structure built	1971	1992