Brownlee Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 2,021 at the 2020 census. The CDP is immediately east of the city of Battle Creek and is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The CDP includes both Brownlee Park and the adjacent community of Greenfield Park:
- Brownlee Park is within Emmett Charter Township, mostly east of Raymond Road and north of Michigan Avenue, at .
- Greenfield Park is mostly within Pennfield Charter Township, just north of Verona Road, centered on .
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.39%, is water.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Brownlee Park, Michigan – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,309
|1,853
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,705
|89.22%
|87.90%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |84.36%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|67
|45
|style='background: #ffffe6; |89
|2.59%
|2.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.40%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|23
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.89%
|0.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|17
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.66%
|0.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.08%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|61
|72
|style='background: #ffffe6; |128
|2.36%
|3.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.33%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|109
|116
|style='background: #ffffe6; |88
|4.21%
|5.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.35%
|-
|Total
|2,588
|2,108
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,021
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Brownlee Park had a population of 2,021. The median age was 38.1 years. 24.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 106.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 102.2 males age 18 and over.
93.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 6.9% lived in rural areas.
There were 805 households in Brownlee Park, of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 30.8% were married-couple households, 26.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Education
Brownlee Park is home to the Doris Klaussen Developmental Center, a school run by the Calhoun County ISD which serves special needs and disabled children.
Infrastructure
At the extreme southern portion of Brownlee Park is Michigan State Highway 96. A large portion of a railyard operated by Canadian National lies on the west end of the CDP. Raymond Road, and Verona Road (which becomes Emmet Street entering Battle Creek), are notable examples of Stroads. Neither segment of road has pedestrian friendly infrastructure such as sidewalks or protected bike lanes despite connecting numerous subdivisions and three trailer parks to the rest of the community. Calhoun County is one of the few counties in the State of Michigan that does not have a county-level transit network. The nearest bus services and passenger trains operate within Battle Creek.