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Brookdale, California: commercial real estate data.
Brookdale is a Census CDP of 1,378 people across 3.85 square miles of land, in Santa Cruz County. Median household income is $87,358, 45.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brookdale
What Brookdale is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.85 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land358 plus or minus 120
- County holding the largest share of its areaSanta Cruz County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brookdale
How many people live in Brookdale
- Population1,378 plus or minus 462
- Median age38.6 plus or minus 11.7
- Population under 18164 plus or minus 92
- Share under 1811.9 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Population 65 and over246 plus or minus 125
- Share 65 and over17.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Households662 plus or minus 237
- Family households269 plus or minus 129
- Share of households that are families40.6 percent plus or minus 13.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brookdale
Income and work in Brookdale
- Median household income$87,358
- Per capita income$44,168
- Civilian labor force659 plus or minus 348
- Employed613 plus or minus 352
- Unemployed46 plus or minus 46
- Unemployment rate7.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over1,088 plus or minus 385
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 47.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.8 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.7 percent plus or minus 9.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brookdale
Housing in Brookdale
- Housing units803 plus or minus 253
- Occupied units662 plus or minus 237
- Vacant units141 plus or minus 127
- Vacancy rate17.6 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Owner occupied299 plus or minus 121
- Renter occupied363 plus or minus 197
- Ownership rate45.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$881,700 plus or minus $491,591
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,814 plus or minus $473
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.9 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Single family units781 plus or minus 264
- Share single family97.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more22 plus or minus 39
- Share in buildings of two or more2.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brookdale
How Brookdale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute464 plus or minus 311
- Commuting under 15 minutes98 plus or minus 131
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.1 percent plus or minus 24.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more261 plus or minus 163
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more56.3 percent plus or minus 51.6
- Drove alone54.2 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Carpooled2.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked15.7 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Worked from home24.3 percent plus or minus 19.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Cruz County, not Brookdale
Santa Cruz County context, not Brookdale figures
- Establishments in Santa Cruz County7,136
- Covered employment, Santa Cruz County104,514
- Average annual pay, Santa Cruz County$67,622
- Housing units permitted, Santa Cruz County259
Every figure in this section is published for Santa Cruz County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brookdale.
All Santa Cruz County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Brookdale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brookdale, California?
1,378, in 662 households. Brookdale CDP covers 3.85 square miles of land, which is 358 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brookdale in?
Santa Cruz County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Brookdale?
$87,358. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $881,700. Median gross rent is $1,814 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Brookdale figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Santa Cruz County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Brookdale.
Is zoning published for Brookdale?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.