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A town of 16,067.
Brooklyn Park gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $300K, 3 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. It grades A− overall, 94th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Brooklyn Park is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Sunnyfields is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 9 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a higher January low than Brooklyn Park.
Where Brooklyn Park beats most towns.
14,373 counted in 2010 and 16,112 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Brooklyn Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 13,896 in 1970, 16,112 in 2020. The archive holds 6 maps from 1894 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brooklyn Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
Big draw32 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
4 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
Big draw34 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw33 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal ArchWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · M&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0
Brooklyn Park is unincorporated, so Anne Arundel County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Brooklyn Park.
Brooklyn Park pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Maryland norm and has hotter summers than almost anywhere else in Maryland, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brooklyn Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Anne Arundel County Public Schools. One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 784 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
2.7 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Brooklyn Heights Park, at 23 acres.
| Brooklyn Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.3% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brooklyn Heights Park | 0.6 mi | 23 |
| 2. Brooklyn Park #1 | 0.5 mi | 16 |
| 3. Patapsco Valley State Park Belle Grove Area | 0.2 mi | 122 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here fell from 2,734 in 2013 to 2,056.
Most working residents leave Brooklyn Park for work: only 3% work in town. 7.6% of workers work from home in Brooklyn Park, below both the Maryland town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%). Since 2013, Brooklyn Park has lost 678 jobs, to 2,056 in 2023.
| Brooklyn Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.6% | 18% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brooklyn Park grades A− overall with a typical home of about $300K, below the Maryland typical value; only 13 of the 54 Maryland towns graded A− or better can say that. At 3 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $300K) costs less against local pay than in 81% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
At $1,379 a month, Brooklyn Park’s median rent is against $1,810 a month in Maryland’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The typical Brooklyn Park home is worth about $300,000, down 1% in a year, 30% below the Maryland typical home. 80% of households own their home in Brooklyn Park.
| Brooklyn Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,379 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons average 89.1°, the highest of 536 Maryland places with climate records; January nights average 28.3°.
Brooklyn Park has mild winters and warm summers. Brooklyn Park’s July high is 89°F. About 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
42% of Brooklyn Park adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Brooklyn Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Brooklyn Park | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 35.3% | 38.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.9% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
19 within 15 miles of the center of Brooklyn Park
About 7 of every 100 Brooklyn Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Where Brooklyn Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Brooklyn Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,373 at the 2010 census, and 16,112 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Brooklyn Park.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park | #94 | A− | B | — | B− | B− |
| Baltimore Highlands | #231 | C− | C+ | — | C− | D |
| Baltimore | #251 | D | B− | D− | D− | C |
| Linthicum | #77 | A− | C+ | — | B− | A |
| Glen Burnie | #138 | B | C | — | B− | B− |
| Ferndale | #128 | B | C | — | B− | B+ |
Brooklyn Park, Baltimore Highlands, Linthicum, Glen Burnie and Ferndale report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brooklyn Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brooklyn Park grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #94 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
