With 41,273 people, Brookfield is a city in Wisconsin. This is an unusually credentialed place: 64% of adults have a four-year degree. That is roughly 67% ahead of the Wisconsin median. 83% of homes are owner-occupied. That puts it in the top 3% of US cities for household income. The median age is 43.8, about 5 years above the US median.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $129,548, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.8
US median: 38.9
More educated
64% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 29%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Brookfield
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants91.5% → 82.8%(−8.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree41.7% → 64.3%(+22.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Hispanic share0.7% → 4.4%(+3.7 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Brookfield's population equals 10% of Waukesha County's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 21% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.1%(277)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.4%(375)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.8%(534)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War15.3%(234)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.4%(22)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,534 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Brookfield, decade by decade
Brookfield population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
35,184
$137,121
$289,928
41.7%
9.1
2000
38,649
$138,856
$343,746
49.0%
16.0
2010
37,920
$124,855
$418,193
53.9%
26.6
2020
41,464
$130,149
$401,791
61.7%
44.8
2024
41,273
$129,548
$443,900
64.3%
47.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
