Population
4,394 residents
Census ACS 2023 - California
City profile · California · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Brooktrails - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Brooktrails - the verdict
Nationally, Brooktrails sits in the 87th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Brooktrails is a small town in California, home to 4,394 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Brooktrails households earn a median of $120,099 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.1%. Brooktrails's housing stock carries a median value of $382,000, and the median resident age is 36.8 years. Educational attainment runs 21.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 72.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,713 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts California's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 94.3 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
Population
4,394 residents
Census ACS 2023 - California
Median Household Income
$120,099 /yr
Poverty 3.1%
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Well Above Average - BEA RPP 2024, California average
Where Brooktrails sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Each percentile compares Brooktrails against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Among the 1,450 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Brooktrails ranks #1,027 - the 29th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Brooktrails only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
87th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Brooktrails's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$382,000 24th percentile more affordable than 24% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 2,366 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for California - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect California state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a California state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Brooktrails sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Brooktrails's 4,394 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Brooktrails's $120,099 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Brooktrails (this city) | 4,394 | $120,099 |
| Emerald Lake Hills | 4,396 | $250,001 |
| Ivanhoe | 4,397 | $55,108 |
| Greenfield | 4,399 | $71,930 |
Brooktrails, CA counts 4,394 residents according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
Brooktrails households earn a median of $120,099 annually, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Brooktrails; the closest available measure is the California state average, a cost of living index of 110.7 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Well Above Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within California vary by metro area.
The median home value in Brooktrails is $382,000, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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