About Brookland

Brookland is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,756 people and just one neighborhood, Brookland is the 131st largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Brookland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.0% of the Brookland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Brookland is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookland who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.40%), sales jobs (9.50%), and food service (6.70%).

Brookland is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Brookland isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.27% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Brookland doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Brookland Information and Demographics

The population of Brookland has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.26% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Brookland in 2000 was $15,626, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,504 for a family of four.

The people who call Brookland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brookland is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Brookland include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Brookland is English. Some people also speak Spanish.