It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brooklyn has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brooklyn has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brooklyn than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brooklyn may be for you.
In Brooklyn, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.19 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Brooklyn is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Brooklyn citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.08% of adults in Brooklyn 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.
