Brooklawn vs West Berlin

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

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

West Berlin has the higher population (2,533 vs 1,788 in Brooklawn). West Berlin has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $55,882 in Brooklawn). West Berlin has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $148,700 in Brooklawn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
Population	1,788	2,533
Median age	44.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,882	$75,000
Median home value	$148,700	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,507	$1,321
Housing units	967	1,060
Homeownership rate	78.3%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
Population	2,004 → 1,788 (-10.8%)	3,182 → 2,533 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$66,797 → $55,882 (-16.3%)	$85,405 → $75,000 (-12.2%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $148,700 (+13.4%)	$177,200 → $224,800 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,332 → $1,507 (+13.1%)	$1,231 → $1,321 (+7.3%)

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

West Berlin

Population

3,1822,533

Median household income

$85,405$75,000

Median home value

$177,200$224,800

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,321

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
Under 5	3.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	5.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	19.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	18.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.2%
75 and over	14.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	63.4%
Black or African American	12.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
No high school diploma	18.6%	20.1%
High school graduate	38.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
Drove alone	71.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.3%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
1-unit, detached	46.9%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	41.6%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklawn	West Berlin
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1938	1966