City safety & data profile

Brook ParkOH

Brook Park, OH is a 19K-resident city in Cuyahoga County with a median household income of $71,332.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Brook Park, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Brook Park has a population larger than 40% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $169,600.

Data updated 2026-09-03

19K
Population (place)
Bottom 41%
By size
$71,332
Median income (place)
$169,600
Median home (place)
8.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Brook Park

Brook Park posts a median household income higher than 38% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 39%
by median income, US cities

Where Brook Park income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$71,332 Bottom 38% higher than 38% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Brook Park $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Brook Park, OH beyond the headline numbers

Brook Park sits inside Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at roughly 41.40°N, -81.80°W. Population 18,809, $71,332 median household income. Median home value $169,600, median rent $1,122. Poverty rate 8.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 8.9%, poverty in Brook Park, OH runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Brook Park runs about 2.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 8.1% of Brook Park workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.1% in Brook Park, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 44.7 years, Brook Park's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Brook Park from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
18,809
Brook Park · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$71,332
-20% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$169,600
-59% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cuyahoga County): Brook Park's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.2M-2%
Median Income
$64,468+47%
Median Home Value
$195,400+55%
Poverty Rate
16.1%-12%
Unemployment
6.6%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Brook Park, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,122/mo
Poverty Rate
8.9% -28% vs avg
Unemployment 3.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16%
Work From Home 8.1%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 84.2%
African American 5.8%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.8%
Short Sleep Duration
36.4%
Obesity
32.8%
Physical Inactivity
24.7%
Binge Drinking
19.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.8%
Current Smoking
16.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.5%
Diabetes
12.1%
Current Asthma
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.6%
Annual Checkup 78.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Brook Park?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Brook Park right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-BROOK-PARK · Brook Park

Brook Park: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Brook Park; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Brook Park, OH?
Brook Park, OH has a population of 18,809 people, located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Brook Park?
The median household income in Brook Park, OH is $71,332 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.9%.
What is the median home value in Brook Park?
The median home value in Brook Park, OH is $169,600. Median rent is $1,122/month.
What are the top health concerns in Brook Park?
The top health indicators in Brook Park include High Blood Pressure (36.8%), Short Sleep Duration (36.4%), Obesity (32.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Brook Park?
The median age in Brook Park, OH is 44.7 years. 16% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Brook Park, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (8.9% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($71,332 here).

Compare Brook Park with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Brook Park's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Brook Park area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cuyahoga County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.