Brooklyn vs Dane

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

Brooklyn and Dane 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 1,039 in Dane). Dane has the higher median household income ($110,769 vs $100,357 in Brooklyn). Dane has the higher median home value ($334,800 vs $255,100 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Dane
Population	1,457	1,039
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,357	$110,769
Median home value	$255,100	$334,800
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,159
Housing units	489	394
Homeownership rate	83.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Dane
Population	1,255 → 1,457 (+16.1%)	1,004 → 1,039 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$79,861 → $100,357 (+25.7%)	$84,375 → $110,769 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$176,200 → $255,100 (+44.8%)	$216,000 → $334,800 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,310 (+8.1%)	$965 → $1,159 (+20.1%)

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

Dane

Population

1,0041,039

Median household income

$84,375$110,769

Median home value

$216,000$334,800

Median gross rent

$965$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Dane
Under 5	5.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	26.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	18.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	4.2%
75 and over	1.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Dane
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Dane
No high school diploma	6.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Dane
Drove alone	77.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Dane
1-unit, detached	75.3%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Dane
Poverty rate	6.0%	5.4%
Average household size	3.04	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1986	1987