Brooks vs Oklee

A side-by-side comparison of Brooks and Oklee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oklee has the higher population (432 vs 140 in Brooks). Brooks has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $56,667 in Oklee). Oklee has the higher median home value ($108,500 vs $97,200 in Brooks).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks	Oklee
Population	140	432
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$56,667
Median home value	$97,200	$108,500
Median gross rent	$427	$583
Housing units	71	207
Homeownership rate	67.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks	Oklee
Population	143 → 140 (-2.1%)	464 → 432 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $61,667 (+59.1%)	$44,000 → $56,667 (+28.8%)
Median home value	—	$59,800 → $108,500 (+81.4%)
Median gross rent	$325 → $427 (+31.4%)	$463 → $583 (+25.9%)

Brooks

Population

143140

Median household income

$38,750$61,667

Median gross rent

$325$427

Oklee

Population

464432

Median household income

$44,000$56,667

Median home value

$59,800$108,500

Median gross rent

$463$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks	Oklee
Under 5	13.6%	9.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	18.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	5.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	4.6%
75 and over	6.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks	Oklee
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	5.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks	Oklee
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	36.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks	Oklee
Drove alone	76.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks	Oklee
1-unit, detached	66.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Brooks	Oklee
Poverty rate	8.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1951	1966