Brookneal vs Timberlake

A side-by-side comparison of Brookneal and Timberlake: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookneal and Timberlake are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Timberlake has the higher population (12,833 vs 1,275 in Brookneal). Timberlake has the higher median household income ($68,833 vs $45,909 in Brookneal). Timberlake has the higher median home value ($228,200 vs $115,000 in Brookneal).

Population, income & housing

	Brookneal	Timberlake
Population	1,275	12,833
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,909	$68,833
Median home value	$115,000	$228,200
Median gross rent	$850	$1,037
Housing units	658	5,701
Homeownership rate	66.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookneal	Timberlake
Population	876 → 1,275 (+45.5%)	13,247 → 12,833 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $45,909 (+14.8%)	$52,245 → $68,833 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $115,000 (+43.8%)	$184,700 → $228,200 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $850 (+9.3%)	$909 → $1,037 (+14.1%)

Brookneal

Population

8761,275

Median household income

$40,000$45,909

Median home value

$80,000$115,000

Median gross rent

$778$850

Timberlake

Population

13,24712,833

Median household income

$52,245$68,833

Median home value

$184,700$228,200

Median gross rent

$909$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookneal	Timberlake
Under 5	6.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.6%
75 and over	7.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookneal	Timberlake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	75.0%
Black or African American	24.9%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookneal	Timberlake
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	50.5%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookneal	Timberlake
Drove alone	71.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	18.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	11.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookneal	Timberlake
1-unit, detached	80.2%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Brookneal	Timberlake
Poverty rate	22.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1961	1979