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Brookside, AL

1,120 Population
6.3 square miles 177.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,927 ±$4,593 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $33,226 ±$441
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $28,934 ±$214
$55,000 ±$18,495 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $59,185 ±$994
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $52,035 ±$377

14.2% ±6.2% (158  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 13.6% 144,371 (±0.4% / ±4,733)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 16% 762,642 (±0.2% / ±11,016)

29.8 minutes ±3.6 (12,465  ±3,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 26.8 12,450,440 (±0.3 / ±173,028)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.2 50,359,400 (±0.2 / ±365,196)

Families

438 ±98 Number of households
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 422,926 ±1,851
  • Alabama: 1,888,504 ±5,749
2.6 ±0.2 (1,120  ±265) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,064,601 (±0 / ±966)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,776,007 (±0)

5.3% ±9.7% (9  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 5.3% 13,681 (±0.4% / ±931)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,758 (±0.2% / ±2,122)

Housing

539 ±101 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 487,435 ±403
  • Alabama: 2,270,398 ±320

$91,100 ±$12,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: $171,400 ±$1,497
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $149,600 ±$973

6.3% ±4.3% (70  ±49.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 13.8% 148,018 (±0.4% / ±4,553.8)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 13.2% 636,737 (±0.2% / ±9,893.7)

Social

77.1% ±22.4% (608  ±115.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 89.7% 669,172 (±0.9% / ±6,652.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 86.9% 2,905,059 (±0.4% / ±13,768.7)
9.4% ±4.4% (74  ±38.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 32.3% 241,081 (±0.5% / ±3,958)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 26.2% 877,044 (±0.2% / ±7,339.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 3.9% 42,423 (±0.2% / ±1,594)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.4% 168,053 (±0.1% / ±3,145)

4.3% ±2.3% (40  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area: 7.4% 61,890 (±0.2% / ±1,880)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 8.6% 324,857 (±0.1% / ±4,568)
40 Total veterans ±23 40 Male ±23 N/A Female ±12

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