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Population (year 2000): 1,393. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,355 (-2.7% change)
Males: 675 (48.5%), Females: 718 (51.5%)
Zip code:
35036
Median resident age: 37.2 years
Median household income: $29,792 (year 2000)
Median house value: $68,300 (year 2000)
Races in Brookside:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.9%)
- Black (8.7%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (25.6%), Irish
(12.7%), English (8.0%), German (7.1%), Italian (4.1%), Dutch
(3.5%).
Land area: 6.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Brookside
- High school or higher: 65.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Brookside town
- Never married: 23.8%
- Now married: 53.0%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 13.4%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -48 (-3.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Brookside:
- UAB MEDICAL WEST (about 7 miles; BESSEMER, AL)
- CARRAWAY METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles;
BIRMINGHAM, AL)
- HEALTHSOUTH METRO WEST HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
FAIRFIELD, AL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Brookside:
- BIRMINGHAM INTL (about 13 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; ID:
BHM)
- TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (about 56 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL;
ID: TCL)
- TALLADEGA MUNI (about 60 miles; TALLADEGA, AL; ID:
ASN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brookside:
- BESSEMER (about 23 miles; BESSEMER, AL; ID: EKY)
- WALKER COUNTY-BEVILL FIELD (about 33 miles; JASPER,
AL; ID: JFX)
- SHELBY COUNTY (about 34 miles; ALABASTER, AL; ID:
EET)
Amtrak station near Brookside:
- 12 miles: BIRMINGHAM (1819 MORRIS AVE.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Brookside:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (about 7 miles;
BIRMINGHAM, AL; Full-time enrollment: 12,178)
- BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
SUMITON, AL; FT enrollment: 2,670)
- SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL;
FT enrollment: 4,106)
- JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles;
BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)
- GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE
(about 30 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 3,272)
- UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 36 miles;
MONTEVALLO, AL; FT enrollment: 2,651)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 52 miles; TUSCALOOSA,
AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
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