Wisconsin · Census place 10025
Brookfield city, WI
Quick answer
Brookfield city has 41,592 residents, ranking #16 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $124,026, the median home is worth $419,300 and median gross rent runs $1,794 a month.
- Population
- 41,592Brookfield city residents
- Median household income
- $124,026Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $419,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,794Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 82.7%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Brookfield city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Brookfield city median would spend about 17.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.5% of residents and 82.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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