Brookside

Population & Demographics

Brookside, DE

Brookside is home to 15,115 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 7,188 resident workers commute each day.

DelawareCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
15,115
people
Population

15,115 residents

Median age 36.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Brookside population & demographics

Who lives in Brookside — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
15,115
Median age
36.1yrs
Median household income
$78,328
Median home value
$279,700
Median gross rent
$1,444/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.1%
Poverty rate
14.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Brookside

How Brookside breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White49.8%
Hispanic or Latino22.0%
Black17.6%
Asian7.7%
Two or more races2.9%

Race across Brookside

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Brookside.

Brookside at a glance
Employed Residents
7,188
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
3.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Wilmington
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Brookside proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Brookside commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Brookside

7,188 commutes, one dot at a time

Brookside

Where 7,188 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Brookside, by worker count.

1Wilmington10.4 mi665
2Newark2.2 mi474
3Brookside0.0 mi251
4New Castle7.9 mi239
5Philadelphia38.0 mi146
6Middletown15.1 mi136
7Dover36.6 mi123
8Glasgow4.8 mi107

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Brookside.

1Wilmington10.4 mi261
2Brookside0.0 mi251
3Bear3.9 mi204
4Newark2.2 mi150
5Glasgow4.8 mi115
6Middletown15.1 mi90
7Elkton6.9 mi76
8Pike Creek Valley4.2 mi68

Top industries

The sectors that employ Brookside’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance19.8%
RTRetail Trade17.0%
COConstruction12.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services11.7%
EDEducational Services9.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.2%
MFManufacturing7.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.9%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.7%
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