Brookford vs Catawba

A side-by-side comparison of Brookford and Catawba: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookford and Catawba are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Catawba has the higher population (632 vs 395 in Brookford). Catawba has the higher median household income ($44,659 vs $34,643 in Brookford). Catawba has the higher median home value ($138,100 vs $125,000 in Brookford).

Population, income & housing

	Brookford	Catawba
Population	395	632
Median age	31.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,643	$44,659
Median home value	$125,000	$138,100
Median gross rent	$861	$1,098
Housing units	215	388
Homeownership rate	40.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookford	Catawba
Population	481 → 395 (-17.9%)	462 → 632 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $34,643 (+38.6%)	$49,821 → $44,659 (-10.4%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $125,000 (+83.6%)	$104,500 → $138,100 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $861 (+33.9%)	$764 → $1,098 (+43.7%)

Brookford

Population

481395

Median household income

$25,000$34,643

Median home value

$68,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$643$861

Catawba

Population

462632

Median household income

$49,821$44,659

Median home value

$104,500$138,100

Median gross rent

$764$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookford	Catawba
Under 5	9.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	28.9%	21.8%
35 to 44	3.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.7%
75 and over	9.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookford	Catawba
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	72.0%
Black or African American	5.8%	19.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookford	Catawba
No high school diploma	14.6%	23.7%
High school graduate	47.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookford	Catawba
Drove alone	95.0%	91.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookford	Catawba
1-unit, detached	70.2%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Brookford	Catawba
Poverty rate	20.7%	20.3%
Average household size	2.12	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1946	1959