Brooklawn vs Chesilhurst

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklawn and Chesilhurst: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooklawn and Chesilhurst are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brooklawn has the higher population (1,788 vs 1,340 in Chesilhurst). Chesilhurst has the higher median household income ($89,904 vs $55,882 in Brooklawn). Chesilhurst has the higher median home value ($215,100 vs $148,700 in Brooklawn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
Population	1,788	1,340
Median age	44.4 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,882	$89,904
Median home value	$148,700	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,507	—
Housing units	967	556
Homeownership rate	78.3%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
Population	2,004 → 1,788 (-10.8%)	1,489 → 1,340 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$66,797 → $55,882 (-16.3%)	$55,556 → $89,904 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $148,700 (+13.4%)	$153,700 → $215,100 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,332 → $1,507 (+13.1%)	$1,039 → $718 (-30.9%)

Brooklawn

Population

2,0041,788

Median household income

$66,797$55,882

Median home value

$131,100$148,700

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,507

Chesilhurst

Population

1,4891,340

Median household income

$55,556$89,904

Median home value

$153,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$1,039$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
Under 5	3.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	26.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	14.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	39.9%
Black or African American	12.0%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
No high school diploma	18.6%	15.2%
High school graduate	38.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
Drove alone	71.8%	65.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	19.5%
Public transit	4.2%	7.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
1-unit, detached	46.9%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	41.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Brooklawn	Chesilhurst
Poverty rate	10.8%	11.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1938	1975