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Brooklyn, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Brooklyn is a Census village of 729 people across 0.81 square miles of land, in St. Clair County. Median household income is $30,673, 44.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brooklyn
What Brooklyn is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.81 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land899 plus or minus 211
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Clair 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.
Brooklyn
How many people live in Brooklyn
- Population729 plus or minus 171
- Median age29.5 plus or minus 6.0
- Population under 18289 plus or minus 113
- Share under 1839.6 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Population 65 and over108 plus or minus 46
- Share 65 and over14.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households278 plus or minus 79
- Family households112 plus or minus 43
- Share of households that are families40.3 percent plus or minus 10.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brooklyn
Income and work in Brooklyn
- Median household income$30,673 plus or minus $14,270
- Per capita income$24,036 plus or minus $10,284
- Civilian labor force281 plus or minus 112
- Employed243 plus or minus 97
- Unemployed38 plus or minus 32
- Unemployment rate13.5 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Adults 25 and over420 plus or minus 133
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.6 percent plus or minus 42.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.4 percent plus or minus 20.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.0 percent plus or minus 15.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brooklyn
Housing in Brooklyn
- Housing units323 plus or minus 83
- Occupied units278 plus or minus 79
- Vacant units45 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate13.9 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Owner occupied124 plus or minus 63
- Renter occupied154 plus or minus 65
- Ownership rate44.6 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$37,500 plus or minus $11,819
- Median gross rent, monthly$904 plus or minus $298
- Annual rent as a share of median income35.4 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Single family units166 plus or minus 79
- Share single family51.4 percent plus or minus 20.6
- Units in buildings of two or more126 plus or minus 57
- Share in buildings of two or more39.0 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 32
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brooklyn
How Brooklyn gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute192 plus or minus 69
- Commuting under 15 minutes70 plus or minus 58
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.5 percent plus or minus 27.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more68 plus or minus 41
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.4 percent plus or minus 17.0
- Drove alone60.5 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Carpooled16.5 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport2.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.0 percent plus or minus 18.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brooklyn
Flood risk in Brooklyn
- NFIP communityVillage of Brooklyn
- NFIP community number170619
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/05/03
The Village of Brooklyn participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170619 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
St. Clair County, not Brooklyn
St. Clair County context, not Brooklyn figures
- Establishments in St. Clair County4,973
- Covered employment, St. Clair County89,981
- Average annual pay, St. Clair County$57,001
- Housing units permitted, St. Clair County740
Every figure in this section is published for St. Clair County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brooklyn.
All St. Clair 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
Brooklyn questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brooklyn, Illinois?
729, in 278 households. Brooklyn village covers 0.81 square miles of land, which is 899 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brooklyn in?
St. Clair 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 Brooklyn?
$30,673. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $37,500. Median gross rent is $904 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Brooklyn in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Brooklyn appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Brooklyn, village of, community 170619, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Brooklyn figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Clair 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 Brooklyn.
Is zoning published for Brooklyn?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.