Brooklyn vs Cambridge

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

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

Cambridge has the higher population (1,507 vs 1,457 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($100,357 vs $93,424 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($280,000 vs $255,100 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
Population	1,457	1,507
Median age	35.4 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,357	$93,424
Median home value	$255,100	$280,000
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,120
Housing units	489	666
Homeownership rate	83.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
Population	1,255 → 1,457 (+16.1%)	1,332 → 1,507 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$79,861 → $100,357 (+25.7%)	$79,821 → $93,424 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$176,200 → $255,100 (+44.8%)	$208,300 → $280,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,310 (+8.1%)	$886 → $1,120 (+26.4%)

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

Cambridge

Population

1,3321,507

Median household income

$79,821$93,424

Median home value

$208,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$886$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	26.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.8%
75 and over	1.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	94.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
Drove alone	77.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	9.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
1-unit, detached	75.3%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Cambridge
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.4%
Average household size	3.04	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1986	1989