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Place dossier plate
SheetCT-BROOKLYN-CT · Brooklyn, CT 1,045 pop · income 70th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Brooklyn
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Brooklyn on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Poquonock Bri… · lowest
42,907
Poquonock Bri… · lowest
42,907 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #1
Brooklyn · this city
88,750
Brooklyn · this city
88,750 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #2
Aleknagik · near
88,750
Aleknagik · near
88,750 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #3
Kaktovik · near
88,750
Kaktovik · near
88,750 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #4
Port Graham · near
88,750
Port Graham · near
88,750 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #5
Hunter · near
88,750
Hunter · near
88,750 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #6
El Macero · highest
219,821
El Macero · highest
219,821 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Brooklyn on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,045.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Brooklyn places in the 70th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
70th
percentile, household income
50th
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
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.
Data Snapshot: Brooklyn, CT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,045 residents in Brooklyn, a small town within Connecticut. Households in Brooklyn report a median income of $88,750 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in Brooklyn are valued around $227,700, and the median resident age is 42.6 years. Educational attainment runs 15.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 47.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Connecticut carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,955 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Connecticut's average monthly utility costs around $345 (state average). Commute times here average 17.3 minutes, with 86.6% driving alone and 13.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 87.6 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Brooklyn's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Brooklyn, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Brooklyn?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.3 minutes.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 15.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Brooklyn?
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Route 7 Gateway (1,032 residents, $132,188 income); Gales Ferry (1,027 residents); Sacred Heart University (1,085 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are El Macero, CA (1,045 residents); Rocky Point, NC (1,045 residents); McElhattan, PA (1,045 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Brooklyn?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.6 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average
C
City profile score · Brooklyn, CT
57/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$88,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Brooklyn profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 68/100 (B-) · $88,750
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 23/100 (F) · 15.9%
How does Brooklyn compare to other US cities?
Brooklyn measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value50% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Brooklyn against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Connecticut only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Connecticut-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Brooklyn near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Brooklyn ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Brooklyn only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#122 of 198
38th percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#176 of 201
12th percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#141 of 204
0th percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#196 of 207
5th percentile in Connecticut
How in-state ranks are ordered
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 Connecticut only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Brooklyn's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$227,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 50% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Brooklyn's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,349 of 15,516
More affordable than 72% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,892 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.6×, Brooklyn sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,349 of 15,516 and #3,892 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$88,750Brooklyn, CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Brooklyn, CT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Brooklyn, CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)47.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,045
Median Income
$88,750
Median Home Value
$227,700
Median Age
42.6
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
47.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.9%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.3 minutes
Drive Alone
86.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.4%
Based on 440 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Connecticut statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $345
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Connecticut at $345 (electricity about $175 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Connecticut statewide averages, not a meter reading for Brooklyn. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Connecticut's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.6 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Brooklyn is $1,955/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Connecticut statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 87.6 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Connecticut statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Brooklyn sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Brooklyn compares to similar-size Connecticut cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, 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.