Black Earth vs Brooklyn

A side-by-side comparison of Black Earth and Brooklyn: population, income, housing, and more.

Black Earth and Brooklyn are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Black Earth has the higher population (1,724 vs 1,457 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($100,357 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Black Earth has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $255,100 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
Population	1,724	1,457
Median age	45.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,667	$100,357
Median home value	$268,500	$255,100
Median gross rent	$867	$1,310
Housing units	695	489
Homeownership rate	89.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
Population	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)	1,255 → 1,457 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)	$79,861 → $100,357 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)	$176,200 → $255,100 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)	$1,212 → $1,310 (+8.1%)

Black Earth

Population

1,4181,724

Median household income

$64,539$72,667

Median home value

$197,400$268,500

Median gross rent

$759$867

Brooklyn

Population

1,2551,457

Median household income

$79,861$100,357

Median home value

$176,200$255,100

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	26.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	18.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	25.5%	8.2%
75 and over	7.3%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	44.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
Drove alone	71.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
1-unit, detached	80.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Earth	Brooklyn
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.61	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1976	1986