Brookline is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 57,061 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Brookline is the 17th largest community in Massachusetts. Brookline has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Brookline is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brookline is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookline who work in management occupations (13.81%), healthcare (11.20%), and teaching (10.21%).

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

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Brookline has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Of important note, Brookline is also a town of artists. Brookline has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Brookline's character.

In addition, Brookline is a college town. There are a lot of students in Brookline attending college, and as a result Brookline provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

Not only is Brookline a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Brookline is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Brookline a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Brookline is also home to many people who can 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.

For the size of the town, public transportation in Brookline is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Brookline, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Brookline Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Brookline. 76.95% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Brookline in 2000 was $44,327, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $177,308 for a family of four.

Brookline is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brookline home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brookline is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brookline include Irish, Russian, English, Italian, German, Polish, and Eastern European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Brookline's cultural character, accounting for 26.59% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Brookline are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Brookline is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.