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BrookfieldWI

Brookfield, WI is a 38K-resident city in Waukesha County with a median household income of $129,548.

Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Brookfield, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Brookfield has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $443,900.

Data updated 2026-09-03

38K
Population (place)
Top 28%
By size
$129,548
Median income (place)
$443,900
Median home (place)
3.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Brookfield

Brookfield posts a median household income higher than 87% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 13%
by median income, US cities

Where Brookfield income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$129,548 Top 13% higher than 87% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Brookfield $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WI

Population among 85 WI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Brookfield, WI beyond the headline numbers

Brookfield sits inside Waukesha County, Wisconsin, at roughly 43.06°N, -88.11°W. Population 38,025, $129,548 median household income. Median home value $443,900, median rent $1,886. Poverty rate 3.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 3.2% of Brookfield, WI residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Brookfield costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

21.5% of Brookfield workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 11.4% in Brookfield, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 43.8 years, Brookfield's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Brookfield from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
38,025
Brookfield · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$129,548
+45% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$443,900
+7% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Waukesha County): Brookfield's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
412K+5%
Median Income
$106,076+40%
Median Home Value
$398,200+57%
Poverty Rate
5.2%-4%
Unemployment
2.3%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for Brookfield, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,886/mo
Poverty Rate
3.2% -74% vs avg
Unemployment 2.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 64.3%
Work From Home 21.5%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 78.6%
African American 1.4%
Asian 11.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
33.5%
Obesity
30.9%
Short Sleep Duration
30.1%
Binge Drinking
19.4%
Physical Inactivity
19.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
11.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.6%
Diabetes
10.2%
Current Asthma
9.8%
Current Smoking
8.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 76.5%
Annual Checkup 80.9%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.6%
Stroke
2.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Brookfield?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Brookfield right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WI-BROOKFIELD-WI · Brookfield

Brookfield: 6 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 6 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% au-bushfires
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Detroit

Tagged alert mix: Brookfield

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 6 tagged notices on record for Brookfield.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Detroit, MI (6 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Brookfield; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (6 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Detroit, MI 6 alerts Suffolk, VA 6 alerts Juneau, AK 6 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Brookfield, WI? ▼
Brookfield, WI has a population of 38,025 people, located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Brookfield? ▼
The median household income in Brookfield, WI is $129,548 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 3.2%.
What is the median home value in Brookfield? ▼
The median home value in Brookfield, WI is $443,900. Median rent is $1,886/month.
What are the top health concerns in Brookfield? ▼
The top health indicators in Brookfield include High Blood Pressure (33.5%), Obesity (30.9%), Short Sleep Duration (30.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Brookfield? ▼
The median age in Brookfield, WI is 43.8 years. 64.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Brookfield, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (3.2% here).

Collierville, TN 3.2% Dublin, OH 3.2% Burke, VA 3.2% Los Altos, CA 3.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($129,548 here).

Cedar Park, TX $129,545 Medford, MA $129,540 Bluffdale, UT $129,531 West Babylon, NY $129,519

Compare Brookfield with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

New Berlin, WI 40K Wauwatosa, WI 48K West Allis, WI 61K Menomonee Falls, WI 36K Waukesha, WI 72K Greenfield, WI 37K Sussex, WI 11K Muskego, WI 25K
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Using Brookfield's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Brookfield area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Brookfield against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Waukesha County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.