Brookfield Center vs South Canal

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

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

Brookfield Center has the higher population (1,225 vs 920 in South Canal). Brookfield Center has the higher median household income ($62,826 vs $61,758 in South Canal). Brookfield Center has the higher median home value ($196,900 vs $141,100 in South Canal).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
Population	1,225	920
Median age	52.9 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,826	$61,758
Median home value	$196,900	$141,100
Median gross rent	$732	—
Housing units	639	475
Homeownership rate	87.8%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
Population	1,403 → 1,225 (-12.7%)	940 → 920 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$60,509 → $62,826 (+3.8%)	$72,500 → $61,758 (-14.8%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $196,900 (+60.2%)	$142,700 → $141,100 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $732 (+14.6%)	—

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

South Canal

Population

940920

Median household income

$72,500$61,758

Median home value

$142,700$141,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
Under 5	1.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	10.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	1.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	23.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	14.3%
75 and over	17.3%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
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	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
No high school diploma	3.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	56.2%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
Drove alone	87.9%	97.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
1-unit, detached	86.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield Center	South Canal
Poverty rate	5.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1959	1960