At the height of the industry, there were 34 brickworks in Linkou. But today there are only four, the result of a dramatic drop in the price of bricks, from NT $ 3 to $ 1.2 each.
但林口製磚業的好風光卻隨著房地產的滯銷而凋零，一塊磚由三、四元跌價到現在的一元二角。林口磚廠主要是人力密集工業，工資成本遠高於內湖、新莊等地的機械製磚，許多業者不堪虧損，不得不放棄，現只剩下五家磚廠還在勉強維持。