About Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 7,173 people and just one neighborhood, Brooklyn is the 113rd largest community in Connecticut.

Brooklyn is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brooklyn is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brooklyn who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.46%), sales jobs (8.49%), and teaching (7.89%).

Brooklyn is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Brooklyn's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Brooklyn is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Brooklyn 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. 98.36% 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.

Brooklyn is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Brooklyn Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Brooklyn is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 19.91% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brooklyn in 2000 was $20,359, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,436 for a family of four.

The people who call Brooklyn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brooklyn is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brooklyn include French, English, French Canadian, Irish, Italian, German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Brooklyn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.