Brooklyn Center, Minnesota - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	30,899
Male Share of the Population	47.9%
Female Share of the Population	52.1%
Senior Citizens	10.6%
Employed Population 16+	15,189
Age of the Population	32

Families

% of people married	41.3%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	25.4%
Median Earnings25+	$34,332
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$27,181
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$29,669

Wealth

Median Family Income	$61,775
% Above Poverty Level	82.8%
% Below Poverty Level	17.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	24 minutes
% Working from Home	2.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.4%
% Using Public Transportation	7.8%

Housing

People Living Alone	27.1%
Median Gross Rent	$1,008
Median House Value	$161,300

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	43.9%
African	10.8%
Norwegian	7%
Irish	4.7%
Swedish	4.6%
Liberian	3.4%
Polish	2.5%
English	2.4%
French Except Basque	2%
Finnish	1%
Dutch	0.9%
Scottish	0.9%
Nigerian	0.9%
Canadian	0.9%
Italian	0.8%
Czech	0.7%
Welsh	0.6%
Somali	0.6%
Ethiopian	0.5%
Danishn	0.5%
Kenyan	0.4%
Iranian	0.4%
Guyanese	0.4%
Arab	0.3%
Greek	0.3%
Russian	0.3%
Lebanese	0.2%
Sudanese	0.1%
Ukrainian	0.1%
Haitian	0.1%
West Indian	0.1%
Turkish	0.1%
Swiss	0.1%
Australian	0.1%
Latvian	0.1%
Hungarian	0.1%
German	0.1%
Croatian	0.1%
Belgian	0.1%
Moroccan	0.1%
Slovak	0.1%
Austrian	0.1%
Sierra Leone	0.1%
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Brooklyn Center Almanac

Category	Value
County	Hennepin County
Standard Zip Codes	55430, 55443, 55444, 55429, 55428
Phone Area Codes	6,12,65,17,63,952, 612, 51, 763
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	45.07
Approximate Longitude	-93.3

Brooklyn Center Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	MINNEAPOLIS INTL AP
Distance	14.2 miles
Jan Temp	4 to 22 F
Apr Temp	36 to 57 F
Jul Temp	63 to 83 F
Oct Temp	39 to 58 F
Annual Precip	29.4 inches

Station	CEDAR
Distance	18 miles
Jan Temp	2 to 20 F
Apr Temp	34 to 56 F
Jul Temp	60 to 81 F
Oct Temp	37 to 57 F
Annual Precip	31.3 inches

Station	DELANO
Distance	22.9 miles
Jan Temp	-1 to 20 F
Apr Temp	33 to 56 F
Jul Temp	61 to 83 F
Oct Temp	36 to 58 F
Annual Precip	27.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Brooklyn Park	79,792	$82,819
Coon Rapids	62,376	$83,746
Crystal	22,934	$77,917
Fridley	27,614	$70,252
New Hope	20,922	$78,530
Robbinsdale	14,466	$86,406

Brooklyn Center Public Schools

Brooklyn Center Independent Study
6500 Humboldt Ave N
ZIP: 55420
(763) 561-2120
High

Garden City Elementary
3501 65th Ave N
ZIP: 55429
(763) 561-9768
Primary
Total Enrollment 393

Northport Elementary
5421 Brooklyn Blvd
ZIP: 55429
(763) 504-7800
Primary
Total Enrollment 625

Odyssey Academy
6201 Noble Ave N
ZIP: 55429
(763) 971-8200
Primary
Total Enrollment 341

Willow Lane Early Childhood Sp. Ed.
7020 Perry Ave N
ZIP: 55429
(763) 585-7300
Primary
Total Enrollment 317

286-bcalc-brooklyn Center Academy
6500 Humbolt Ave N
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-2120

286-bcalc-brooklyn Center Hs-is Day
6500 Humbolt Ave N
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-2120

Alc Brooklyn Center Hs - Is
6500 Humboldt Ave N
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-2120
High

Brooklyn Center Academy
6870 Shingle Creek Parkway
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-2120
High
Total Enrollment 53

Brooklyn Center Secondary
6500 Humboldt Ave N
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-2120
Other
Total Enrollment 910

Brooklyn Center Summer School
6500 Humboldt Ave N
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-2120
High

Earle Brown Elementary
1500 59th Ave N
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-4480
Primary
Total Enrollment 1086

Early Childhood Special Education (
1500 59th Ave. N.
ZIP: 55430
(763) 561-4880
Primary

Evergreen Park Elementary
7020 Dupont Ave N
ZIP: 55430
(763) 506-2500
Primary
Total Enrollment 454

Insight School Of Minnesota
6120 Earle Brown Drive Ste #20
ZIP: 55430
(763) 560-1905
Other
Total Enrollment 350

N.w.suburban Integration School
6860 Shingle Creek Parkway Ste
ZIP: 55430
(763) 450-1309

Brooklyn Center Private Schools

St Alphonsus Elementary School
7031 Halifax Ave N
ZIP: 55429
Elementary
Total Enrollment 222

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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