[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 915 people, 448 households, and 303 families residing in the town.

The racial makeup of the town was 19.12% White, 79.61% African American, 0.17% Asian, and 1.10% from two or more races.

In 2010, Brooksville had the 24th-lowest median household income of all places in the United States with a population over 1,000.

[11] Peco Foods has had a poultry processing plant in Brooksville since 1993, which employs 232 workers.