BROOKHAVEN, GA

The median age of the 54.7k residents of Brookhaven, Georgia in 2020 was 34.4, and the median family income was $101,607. The population of Brookhaven, Georgia increased by 1.69% from 53,819 to 54,727 between 2019 and 2020, and its median household income increased by 9.72% from $92,604 to $101,607 during the same year.

White (Non-Hispanic) (60%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (11.3%), White (Hispanic) (10.3%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (5.05%), and Other (Hispanic) (3.86%) make up the top 5 ethnic groups in Brookhaven, Georgia.

In Brookhaven, Georgia, none of the households claimed that their primary shared language was anything other than English. Only the principal self-reported language used by all household members is taken into account here, not the potential multilingual character of households.



In Brookhaven, Georgia, 87.2% of the population is an American citizen.

Oglethorpe University is the largest university in Brookhaven, Georgia (266 degrees awarded in 2020).

In 2020, Brookhaven, Georgia, had a median property value of $524,800 and a homeownership rate of 51.6%. The majority of residents of Brookhaven, Georgia commuted alone by car, and the trip took an average of 25.1 minutes. In Brookhaven, Georgia, there were typically two cars per family.

Diversity

54.7k people call Brookhaven, Georgia home, of which 87.2% are citizens. By 2020, 19.9% of Brookhaven, Georgia citizens will have been born abroad (10.9k people).

White (non-Hispanic) citizens made up 32.8k of the city's population in 2020, 5.29 times more than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 6.21k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 5.65k White (Hispanic) inhabitants.

Ethnicity and Race

11.4,000 people

White (non-Hispanic) citizens made up 32.8k of the city's population in 2020, 5.29 times more than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 6.21k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 5.65k White (Hispanic) inhabitants.

In Brookhaven, Georgia, 20.9% of the population is Hispanic (11.4k people).

Population Born Abroad

19.9% of Brookhaven, Georgia citizens (10.9k individuals) were foreign-born as of 2020, which is greater than the 13.5% national average. In Brookhaven, Georgia, there were 21.8% citizens who were foreign-born in 2019, indicating a declining rate.

By Nativity, Age

The average age of all residents in Brookhaven, Georgia, in 2020 was 34.4. With a median age of 33, residents who were born in the United States were typically younger than those who were born abroad, who had a median age of 39. However, the population of Brookhaven, Georgia, is aging. The average age of all residents of Brookhaven, Georgia, in 2019 was 34.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico accounted for 234,298 of the foreign-born residents of Georgia in 2020, followed by India (98,606) and Jamaica (44,462) as the most frequent birthplaces.

Citizenship

87.2% of Brookhaven, Georgians were US citizens as of 2020, which is less than the 93.4% national average. In Brookhaven, Georgia, 84.8% of people identified as US citizens in 2019, indicating a rising citizenship rate.

Veterans

Veterans Brookhaven, Georgia is home to a sizable military population, 1.24 times more than in any other conflict, who participated in the Gulf War (2001-).

Economy

In Brookhaven, Georgia, the average household income is $101,607. Census Tract 211.01 in Brookhaven, Georgia had the highest median household income in 2020, with a value of $217,917, followed by Census Tract 214.05 and Census Tract 214.11, with values of $126,308 and $121,861, respectively.

Georgia's gender wage disparity is 1.35 times greater for men than for women, who earn $51,276 on average. Georgia's income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is 0.476, which is lower than the US average.

33.1k persons are employed by the Brookhaven, Georgia, economy. The highest paying industries in Brookhaven, Georgia are mining, quarrying, and oil & gas extraction ($153,021), agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting, & mining ($114,934), and wholesale trade ($105,811). The largest industries in Brookhaven, Georgia are professional, scientific, & technical services (6,753 people), finance & insurance (3,029 people), and health care & social assistance (2,977 people).