About Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 31,591 people and just one neighborhood, Brooklyn is the 36th largest community in Maryland.

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 sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Brooklyn who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.86%), sales jobs (9.26%), and food service (5.92%).

Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Brooklyn is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Brooklyn area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Brooklyn Information and Demographics

Brooklyn ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 6.08% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Brooklyn in 2000 was $14,677, which is low income relative to Maryland, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,708 for a family of four.

Brooklyn is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.

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