Brookford vs Long View

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

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

Long View has the higher population (4,967 vs 395 in Brookford). Long View has the higher median household income ($44,156 vs $34,643 in Brookford). Long View has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $125,000 in Brookford).

Population, income & housing

	Brookford	Long View
Population	395	4,967
Median age	31.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,643	$44,156
Median home value	$125,000	$142,900
Median gross rent	$861	$744
Housing units	215	2,535
Homeownership rate	40.0%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookford	Long View
Population	481 → 395 (-17.9%)	4,959 → 4,967 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $34,643 (+38.6%)	$39,750 → $44,156 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $125,000 (+83.6%)	$89,400 → $142,900 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $861 (+33.9%)	$662 → $744 (+12.4%)

Brookford

Population

481395

Median household income

$25,000$34,643

Median home value

$68,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$643$861

Long View

Population

4,9594,967

Median household income

$39,750$44,156

Median home value

$89,400$142,900

Median gross rent

$662$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookford	Long View
Under 5	9.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	28.9%	17.1%
35 to 44	3.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	17.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	14.1%
75 and over	9.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookford	Long View
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	49.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookford	Long View
No high school diploma	14.6%	15.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookford	Long View
Drove alone	95.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookford	Long View
1-unit, detached	70.2%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookford	Long View
Poverty rate	20.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1946	1971