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What Is It Like to Live in Brooklyn Park?

What it costs to live in Brooklyn Park, and how it compares with other Minnesota cities, in plain numbers.

Value score

37

47th best value in Minnesota

How much you get for what you pay, versus other Minnesota cities.

Overall livability

45

44th overall in Minnesota

Cost, safety, schools, jobs and quality of life combined.

Brooklyn Park is home to about 85,247 people. A typical home runs $248,900 and a household earns around $76,600, a price-to-income ratio of 3.2. Among Minnesota's largest cities, it ranks 47th for value and 44th overall. For context, the typical Brooklyn Park home is about 25% below the statewide median of $333,000 and local household income is about 16% below the statewide median of $90,700.

Brooklyn Park at a glance

Median home price

$248,900

45th in MN of 72

Median rent

$1,171/mo

Median household income

$76,600

Home price to income

3.2x

Unemployment

4.2%

39th in MN of 72

School rating

7/10

35th in MN of 72

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More Minnesota cities: Bloomington, Duluth, Lakeville, Maple Grove, Minneapolis, Plymouth, Rochester, St. Paul, Woodbury

Sources: Home prices and rent from Zillow; income, unemployment and commute from the U.S. Census; school ratings from state education data; crime from the FBI. City rankings are within Minnesota only. Updated 2026.