Brooklyn vs Rockdale

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

Brooklyn and Rockdale 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 220 in Rockdale). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($100,357 vs $94,167 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $255,100 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
Population	1,457	220
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,357	$94,167
Median home value	$255,100	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,097
Housing units	489	90
Homeownership rate	83.8%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
Population	1,255 → 1,457 (+16.1%)	236 → 220 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$79,861 → $100,357 (+25.7%)	$60,139 → $94,167 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$176,200 → $255,100 (+44.8%)	$173,900 → $275,000 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,310 (+8.1%)	$890 → $1,097 (+23.3%)

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

Rockdale

Population

236220

Median household income

$60,139$94,167

Median home value

$173,900$275,000

Median gross rent

$890$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
Under 5	5.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	26.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.7%
75 and over	1.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
Drove alone	77.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	10.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	75.3%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Rockdale
Poverty rate	6.0%	14.5%
Average household size	3.04	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1986	1973