Brookfield is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 15,664 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Brookfield is the 69th largest community in Connecticut.

Brookfield is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.02% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brookfield is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookfield who work in management occupations (16.29%), sales jobs (13.92%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.64%).

Also of interest is that Brookfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Brookfield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Brookfield is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Brookfield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Brookfield perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Brookfield, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.24 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

For most residents of Brookfield, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 97.7% of people in Brookfield drive alone to work on most days, making Brookfield a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Brookfield's landscape.

Brookfield Information and Demographics

The citizens of Brookfield are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 43.90% of adults in Brookfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brookfield in 2000 was $37,063, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,252 for a family of four. However, Brookfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Brookfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brookfield is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brookfield include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Brookfield is English. Some people also speak Spanish.