Brooklyn vs Richmond Heights

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

Brooklyn and Richmond Heights 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 10,677 in Richmond Heights). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($69,535 vs $56,734 in Richmond Heights). Richmond Heights has the higher median home value ($176,100 vs $153,000 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
Population	11,203	10,677
Median age	46.1 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,535	$56,734
Median home value	$153,000	$176,100
Median gross rent	$944	$933
Housing units	5,253	5,526
Homeownership rate	56.4%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
Population	10,773 → 11,203 (+4.0%)	10,406 → 10,677 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$48,552 → $69,535 (+43.2%)	$51,505 → $56,734 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $153,000 (+38.3%)	$141,100 → $176,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $944 (+28.8%)	$782 → $933 (+19.3%)

Brooklyn

Population

10,77311,203

Median household income

$48,552$69,535

Median home value

$110,600$153,000

Median gross rent

$733$944

Richmond Heights

Population

10,40610,677

Median household income

$51,505$56,734

Median home value

$141,100$176,100

Median gross rent

$782$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
Under 5	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	9.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.8%
75 and over	10.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	30.7%
Black or African American	9.8%	62.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	8.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
Drove alone	73.4%	73.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.5%
Public transit	3.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	15.1%
Other means	0.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
1-unit, detached	67.0%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	15.2%	33.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Richmond Heights
Poverty rate	7.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1960	1967