† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBrooksideDelawareUnited States
Irish14.3%14.8%9.4%
German11.3%12.4%12.5%
Italian9.3%8.6%4.8%
English8.9%10.5%9.5%
Polish4.3%4.0%2.2%
American3.1%4.7%5.3%
Scottish1.4%1.7%1.3%
French1.1%1.2%1.6%
African American†15.4%18.0%9.9%
African0.8%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.7%0.7%0.4%
Nigerian0.3%0.4%0.2%
Ghanaian0.2%0.2%—
Haitian0.2%0.5%0.3%
Mexican8.2%3.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican6.9%3.2%1.8%
Dominican1.9%0.7%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%1.2%0.5%
Colombian0.6%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.6%0.2%—
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.4%——
Asian Indian3.4%1.7%1.4%
Chinese1.6%0.8%1.3%
Filipino0.8%0.5%0.9%
Korean0.4%0.2%0.4%
Pakistani0.4%0.2%—
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Bangladeshi0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Brookside
Delaware
United States
Median age
36.1
42.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.2%
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.0%
20.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brookside
Delaware
United States
Median household income
$78,328
$84,954
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.6%
10.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.1%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brookside
Delaware
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
29.6%
15.1%
22.3%
Spanish
17.8%
7.9%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.0%
0.8%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.8%
0.8%
1.1%
Arabic
3.0%
0.3%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brookside
Delaware
United States
Catholic
—
19.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Brookside, Delaware
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+27.0%
2008
+44.7%
2012
+34.2%
2016
+25.4%
2020
+32.7%
2024
+25.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. † 2004, 2012 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
61.7%Harris3,649
36.2%Trump2,143
2.0%
D+25.5
R+7.2
D+26.9
5,912
D
65.4%Biden4,383
32.8%Trump2,194
1.8%
D+32.7
D+7.3
D+28.2
6,699
D
59.5%Clinton3,567
34.1%Trump2,045
6.5%
D+25.4
R+8.9
D+23.3
6,000
D
66.2%Obama3,881
32.0%Romney1,875
1.8%
D+34.2
R+10.5
D+30.4
5,860
D
71.5%Obama4,359
26.8%McCain1,635
1.6%
D+44.7
D+17.7
D+37.4
6,093
D
62.9%Kerry3,562
35.9%Bush2,032
1.1%
D+27.0
—
D+29.5
5,659
Brookside sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.5 points.
A population of 15,115, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,328 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Elsmere and Wilmington Manor.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Brookside, Delaware voted Democratic by 25.5 points (D+25.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,912 votes cast, 3,649 went Democratic and 2,143 went Republican.
How many people live in Brookside, Delaware?
Brookside, Delaware has a population of 15,115 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brookside, Delaware?
Median household income in Brookside, Delaware is $78,328 — below the national median of $80,734. The Delaware state median is $84,954.
What is the political history of Brookside, Delaware?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Brookside, Delaware from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
