Brooklyn is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,385 people and three associated neighborhoods, Brooklyn is the 431st largest community in Michigan.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brooklyn is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brooklyn is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brooklyn who work in sales jobs (10.89%), office and administrative support (10.06%), and healthcare (8.66%). Also of interest is that Brooklyn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Brooklyn has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Brooklyn a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Brooklyn is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brooklyn, the average commute to work is 32.19 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small village, Brooklyn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Brooklyn overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Brooklyn, 21.08% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Brooklyn in 2022 was $31,033, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,132 for a family of four. However, Brooklyn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Brooklyn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brooklyn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brooklyn include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Brooklyn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
