Where has Brookings looked like this before?
Searching stored historical observations…
| Metric | 2010–2025 | Brookings | Peer median | Pctile | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 35,353 | 42,422 | 27 | ||
| Population change (10 yr) | — | n/a | 4.8% | — | |
| Median household income | $70,064 | $64,100 | 82 | ||
| Poverty rate | 13.2% | 18.0% | 0 | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 42.5% | 38.5% | 55 | ||
| Housing unit change (10 yr) | — | n/a | 9.0% | — | |
| Median owner-occupied home value | $264,600 | $284,100 | 36 | ||
| Median gross rent | $901 | $1,021 | 18 | ||
| Housing vacancy rate | 9.1% | 8.9% | 45 | ||
| Worked from home | 11.1% | 8.9% | 82 |
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| Metric | 2012–2019 | 2019–2024 | Peer median, latest span |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | — | — | — |
| Housing units | — | — | — |
| Median household income | — | — | — |
| Median owner-occupied home value | — | — | — |
| Median gross rent | — | — | — |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | — | — | — |
| Worked from home | — | — | — |
| Poverty rate | — | — | — |
| Restaurants & bars | 24.0 | US 21.3 | above US rate |
| Grocery & food retail | 1.1 | US 4.8 | below US rate |
| Other retail | 0.0 | US n/a | not published |
| Personal & repair services | 7.9 | US 8.1 | below US rate |
| Professional & technical services | 21.8 | US 29.5 | below US rate |
| Ambulatory health care | 15.3 | US 21.0 | below US rate |
| Arts, entertainment & recreation | 7.6 | US 5.0 | above US rate |
| Accommodation | 3.1 | US 2.1 | above US rate |
| Construction | 34.8 | US 24.3 | above US rate |
| Manufacturing | 0.0 | US n/a | not published |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latah, ID | 78 | 41,049 | +8.1% | $65,424 | 43.0% |
| Houghton, MI | 62 | 37,693 | +2.6% | $58,899 | 37.2% |
| Fredericksburg, VA | 62 | 28,873 | +8.4% | $86,071 | 46.1% |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 62 | 51,392 | +1.1% | $62,254 | 37.5% |
| Lafayette, MS | 61 | 58,327 | +16.1% | $67,185 | 46.5% |
| Ellis, KS | 60 | 28,920 | +0.1% | $63,084 | 38.9% |
| Erath, TX | 60 | 43,794 | +11.5% | $65,115 | 32.1% |
| Whitman, WA | 60 | 47,003 | +2.2% | $55,406 | 49.8% |
| Adair, MO | 59 | 25,301 | -1.3% | $61,536 | 35.5% |
| Grand Forks, ND | 59 | 72,923 | +7.0% | $68,075 | 38.0% |