Blue Mounds vs Brooklyn

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Mounds and Brooklyn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brooklyn has the higher population (1,457 vs 873 in Blue Mounds). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($100,357 vs $74,583 in Blue Mounds). Blue Mounds has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $255,100 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
Population	873	1,457
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$100,357
Median home value	$322,900	$255,100
Median gross rent	$1,093	$1,310
Housing units	403	489
Homeownership rate	60.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
Population	1,094 → 873 (-20.2%)	1,255 → 1,457 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$74,750 → $74,583 (-0.2%)	$79,861 → $100,357 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$218,500 → $322,900 (+47.8%)	$176,200 → $255,100 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,093 (-5.0%)	$1,212 → $1,310 (+8.1%)

Blue Mounds

Population

1,094873

Median household income

$74,750$74,583

Median home value

$218,500$322,900

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,093

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)

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
Under 5	10.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	26.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	18.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.2%
75 and over	2.7%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
Drove alone	66.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	15.1%
Other means	3.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
1-unit, detached	56.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mounds	Brooklyn
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.27	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1994	1986