BrookletGA
A town of 2,525, settled in 1899.
Is Brooklet a good place to live?
Brooklet grades C+ overall, ranked 89th of 258 in Georgia, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It reports less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $312K, 5.4 years of the Statesboro area’s $57K median household income. On civic life, just 23 of Georgia’s 307 towns do better. Brooklet has 2 places on the National Register. Among 149 Georgia towns, just 3 have a lower violent crime rate than Brooklet.
What makes Brooklet stand out
Where Brooklet beats most towns.
Brooklet has grown 83% since 2010
1,395 counted in 2010 and 1,704 in 2020; an estimated 2,525 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 49.6% since 2020, after 22.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Brooklet grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Brooklet is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Brooklet: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brooklet, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Brooklet.
Brooklet has home values climbing faster than Georgia’s and sees little violent crime, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly hurricanes).
Brooklet earns an A for safety
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
At 3.7 per 1,000 residents, Brooklet’s property crime rate is against 14.7 in Georgia’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
On state tests, Brooklet’s schools beat 53% of Georgia districts
Its public schools are run by the Bulloch County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklet Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 808 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Brooklet has set aside 0.4% of its land for conservation
For Brooklet, that is where Georgia’s towns sit at 2.3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. 1.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Brooklet | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. George Roebuck Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
High risk in Brooklet, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of Georgia towns; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Brooklet is 69 of 100. Since 2005, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brooklet.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Brooklet, expect four seasons and hot summers
Brooklet has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Brooklet’s July high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Georgia overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); children under 18 are 29% of residents (23% statewide). Brooklet has grown 50% since 2020, to 2,525 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 33% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Brooklet.
| Brooklet | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 29% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.1 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 14% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 32% and 61% women
The Census survey reached too few of Brooklet’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.3 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Brooklet | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.5% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.6% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.6% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.4% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.9% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 30% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.2% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.5% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Brooklet’s workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Brooklet for work: only 4% work in town. 19% of Brooklet residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Brooklet has added 83 jobs, to 627 in 2023.
| Brooklet | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $77,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brooklet earns a C− for cost of living
Home values rose 49% in five years, to about $313K, against 21% across Georgia.
The typical Brooklet home is worth about $313,000, up 0.6% in a year, 5% below the Georgia typical home.
| Brooklet | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,098 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On CDC estimates, Brooklet is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Brooklet beats the Georgia average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Brooklet | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 40% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 22% | 14% |
| What stands out | Brooklet | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.5% | 17.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Brooklet
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Brooklet
About 4 of every 100 Brooklet residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Brooklet
City in Georgia, United States
Brooklet is a city in Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. It is located roughly 9 miles (14 km) east of Statesboro. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,704. It is the home of the Southeast Bulloch School system. It is located along US Highway 80. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Brooklet as a town in 1906.
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- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 151 ft
- ZIP code
- 30415
- Area code
- 912
Questions about Brooklet
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brooklet, GA a good place to live?
Brooklet grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #89 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Brooklet, GA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.