Brookside vs Rainbow Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Rainbow Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rainbow Lakes has the higher population (1,376 vs 1,287 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $109,083 in Rainbow Lakes). Brookside has the higher median home value ($892,500 vs $531,700 in Rainbow Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,287	1,376
Median age	41.5 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$109,083
Median home value	$892,500	$531,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,079
Housing units	485	534
Homeownership rate	88.7%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,399 → 1,287 (-8.0%)	1,276 → 1,376 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$164,333 → $250,001 (+52.1%)	$110,781 → $109,083 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$649,700 → $892,500 (+37.4%)	$430,400 → $531,700 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,913 → $3,501 (+83.0%)	$1,878 → $2,079 (+10.7%)

Brookside

Population

1,3991,287

Median household income

$164,333$250,001

Median home value

$649,700$892,500

Median gross rent

$1,913$3,501

Rainbow Lakes

Population

1,2761,376

Median household income

$110,781$109,083

Median home value

$430,400$531,700

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
Under 5	4.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	12.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	19.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	1.2%
75 and over	9.6%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	8.7%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
Drove alone	76.2%	69.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	1.1%	2.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	19.2%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
1-unit, detached	91.1%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Rainbow Lakes
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1968	1964