Bedford Heights vs Brooklyn

A side-by-side comparison of Bedford Heights and Brooklyn: population, income, housing, and more.

Bedford Heights and Brooklyn are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brooklyn has the higher population (11,203 vs 10,876 in Bedford Heights). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($69,535 vs $47,066 in Bedford Heights). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($153,000 vs $137,500 in Bedford Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
Population	10,876	11,203
Median age	43.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,066	$69,535
Median home value	$137,500	$153,000
Median gross rent	$977	$944
Housing units	5,993	5,253
Homeownership rate	44.2%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
Population	10,565 → 10,876 (+2.9%)	10,773 → 11,203 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$46,485 → $47,066 (+1.2%)	$48,552 → $69,535 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $137,500 (+34.0%)	$110,600 → $153,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $977 (+18.3%)	$733 → $944 (+28.8%)

Bedford Heights

Population

10,56510,876

Median household income

$46,485$47,066

Median home value

$102,600$137,500

Median gross rent

$826$977

Brooklyn

Population

10,77311,203

Median household income

$48,552$69,535

Median home value

$110,600$153,000

Median gross rent

$733$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
Under 5	1.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.7%
75 and over	7.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	59.5%
Black or African American	77.1%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
Drove alone	69.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.1%
Public transit	5.2%	3.6%
Walked	3.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.7%	9.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
1-unit, detached	44.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	8.1%
20 or more units	31.9%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Heights	Brooklyn
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.2%
Average household size	1.89	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1968	1960