Brookford vs Claremont

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

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

Claremont has the higher population (2,051 vs 395 in Brookford). Claremont has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $34,643 in Brookford). Claremont has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $125,000 in Brookford).

Population, income & housing

	Brookford	Claremont
Population	395	2,051
Median age	31.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,643	$59,583
Median home value	$125,000	$227,200
Median gross rent	$861	$928
Housing units	215	902
Homeownership rate	40.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookford	Claremont
Population	481 → 395 (-17.9%)	1,643 → 2,051 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $34,643 (+38.6%)	$56,473 → $59,583 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $125,000 (+83.6%)	$155,500 → $227,200 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $861 (+33.9%)	$804 → $928 (+15.4%)

Brookford

Population

481395

Median household income

$25,000$34,643

Median home value

$68,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$643$861

Claremont

Population

1,6432,051

Median household income

$56,473$59,583

Median home value

$155,500$227,200

Median gross rent

$804$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookford	Claremont
Under 5	9.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	28.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	3.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	20.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.1%
75 and over	9.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookford	Claremont
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	80.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookford	Claremont
No high school diploma	14.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	47.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookford	Claremont
Drove alone	95.0%	91.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookford	Claremont
1-unit, detached	70.2%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	21.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookford	Claremont
Poverty rate	20.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1946	1991