Brooklyn Heights vs Newburgh Heights

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

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

Newburgh Heights has the higher population (1,805 vs 1,492 in Brooklyn Heights). Brooklyn Heights has the higher median household income ($92,639 vs $62,917 in Newburgh Heights). Brooklyn Heights has the higher median home value ($221,800 vs $95,500 in Newburgh Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
Population	1,492	1,805
Median age	46.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,639	$62,917
Median home value	$221,800	$95,500
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,077
Housing units	605	988
Homeownership rate	94.2%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
Population	1,615 → 1,492 (-7.6%)	1,718 → 1,805 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$72,708 → $92,639 (+27.4%)	$35,827 → $62,917 (+75.6%)
Median home value	$165,800 → $221,800 (+33.8%)	$66,100 → $95,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,213 (+16.9%)	$758 → $1,077 (+42.1%)

Brooklyn Heights

Population

1,6151,492

Median household income

$72,708$92,639

Median home value

$165,800$221,800

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,213

Newburgh Heights

Population

1,7181,805

Median household income

$35,827$62,917

Median home value

$66,100$95,500

Median gross rent

$758$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
Under 5	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	26.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.6%
75 and over	9.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	72.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
No high school diploma	3.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
Drove alone	79.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.4%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	16.9%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
1-unit, detached	96.7%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	43.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Heights	Newburgh Heights
Poverty rate	5.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	18	56
Median year structure built	1960	1938