Brooklyn Park

Population & Demographics

Brooklyn Park, MN

Brooklyn Park is home to 83,876 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 43,057 resident workers commute each day.

MinnesotaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
83,876
people
Population

83,876 residents

Median age 35.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Brooklyn Park population & demographics

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

Population
83,876
Median age
35.2yrs
Median household income
$89,891
Median home value
$336,200
Median gross rent
$1,325/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
32.7%
Poverty rate
9.5%

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 Brooklyn Park

How Brooklyn Park 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).

White36.2%
Black29.7%
Asian20.2%
Hispanic or Latino7.1%
Two or more races5.8%
Some other race0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Brooklyn Park

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 Brooklyn Park.

Brooklyn Park at a glance
Employed Residents
43,057
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
10.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Minneapolis
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Brooklyn Park 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 Brooklyn Park 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

69 / 100

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

Brooklyn Park

43,057 commutes, one dot at a time

Brooklyn Park

Where 43,057 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Minneapolis10.7 mi7,773
2Brooklyn Park0.0 mi4,479
3Maple Grove5.4 mi2,544
4Plymouth8.0 mi2,386
5St. Paul15.6 mi2,371
6Brooklyn Center3.1 mi1,554
7Bloomington18.8 mi1,297
8Edina14.6 mi1,276

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Brooklyn Park.

1Brooklyn Park0.0 mi4,479
2Minneapolis10.7 mi2,501
3Maple Grove5.4 mi1,394
4Coon Rapids5.1 mi1,156
5Brooklyn Center3.1 mi1,132
6St. Paul15.6 mi1,035
7Blaine7.5 mi995
8Plymouth8.0 mi836

Top industries

The sectors that employ Brooklyn Park’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%)
MFManufacturing25.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.4%
RTRetail Trade9.6%
EDEducational Services8.7%
WSWholesale Trade6.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.1%
COConstruction4.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services3.8%
Connectivity

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