Brooklawn vs Hi-Nella

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

Brooklawn and Hi-Nella 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 984 in Hi-Nella). Hi-Nella has the higher median household income ($75,227 vs $55,882 in Brooklawn). Hi-Nella has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $148,700 in Brooklawn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
Population	1,788	984
Median age	44.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,882	$75,227
Median home value	$148,700	$235,800
Median gross rent	$1,507	$1,488
Housing units	967	472
Homeownership rate	78.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
Population	2,004 → 1,788 (-10.8%)	988 → 984 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$66,797 → $55,882 (-16.3%)	$50,556 → $75,227 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $148,700 (+13.4%)	$157,200 → $235,800 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,332 → $1,507 (+13.1%)	$1,098 → $1,488 (+35.5%)

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

Hi-Nella

Population

988984

Median household income

$50,556$75,227

Median home value

$157,200$235,800

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
Under 5	3.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	14.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.2%
75 and over	14.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	40.9%
Black or African American	12.0%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	13.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
No high school diploma	18.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	38.7%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
Drove alone	71.8%	67.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	16.4%
Public transit	4.2%	4.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
1-unit, detached	46.9%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	41.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	31.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklawn	Hi-Nella
Poverty rate	10.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.02	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1938	1965