Bolindale vs Brookfield Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bolindale and Brookfield Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Bolindale and Brookfield Center are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bolindale has the higher population (1,652 vs 1,225 in Brookfield Center). Brookfield Center has the higher median household income ($62,826 vs $46,875 in Bolindale). Brookfield Center has the higher median home value ($196,900 vs $91,900 in Bolindale).

Population, income & housing

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
Population	1,652	1,225
Median age	42.9 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$62,826
Median home value	$91,900	$196,900
Median gross rent	$756	$732
Housing units	773	639
Homeownership rate	73.3%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
Population	2,398 → 1,652 (-31.1%)	1,403 → 1,225 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $46,875 (+12.5%)	$60,509 → $62,826 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $91,900 (+7.5%)	$122,900 → $196,900 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $756 (+12.5%)	$639 → $732 (+14.6%)

Bolindale

Population

2,3981,652

Median household income

$41,667$46,875

Median home value

$85,500$91,900

Median gross rent

$672$756

Brookfield Center

Population

1,4031,225

Median household income

$60,509$62,826

Median home value

$122,900$196,900

Median gross rent

$639$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
Under 5	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	18.9%	16.7%
75 and over	6.4%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	99.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
No high school diploma	17.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	53.0%	56.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
Drove alone	74.4%	87.9%
Carpooled	23.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
1-unit, detached	91.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolindale	Brookfield Center
Poverty rate	21.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1962	1959