Brooklyn Heights vs Neck City

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklyn Heights and Neck City: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooklyn Heights and Neck City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Neck City has the higher population (232 vs 96 in Brooklyn Heights). Neck City has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $65,417 in Brooklyn Heights). Brooklyn Heights has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $93,300 in Neck City).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
Population	96	232
Median age	50.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$68,393
Median home value	$123,200	$93,300
Median gross rent	$595	—
Housing units	47	81
Homeownership rate	76.7%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
Population	97 → 96 (-1.0%)	161 → 232 (+44.1%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $65,417 (+52.4%)	$56,667 → $68,393 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $123,200 (+23.2%)	$82,100 → $93,300 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $595 (-32.0%)	—

Brooklyn Heights

Population

9796

Median household income

$42,917$65,417

Median home value

$100,000$123,200

Median gross rent

$875$595

Neck City

Population

161232

Median household income

$56,667$68,393

Median home value

$82,100$93,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	14.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	2.1%	16.4%
35 to 44	5.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	24.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	22.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.2%
75 and over	19.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
No high school diploma	21.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	45.1%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
Drove alone	70.6%	93.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
1-unit, detached	76.6%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Heights	Neck City
Poverty rate	3.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1956	2001