About Brookline

Brookline is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 4,181 people and just one neighborhood, Brookline is the 95th largest community in New Hampshire.

Unlike some towns , Brookline isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Brookline are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. 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 (16.09%), architecture and engineering (11.12%), and sales jobs (9.91%).

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.

Because of many things, Brookline 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, Brookline really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Brookline 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.

One downside of living in Brookline is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brookline, the average commute to work is 32.86 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Brookline is a very car-oriented town. 98.23% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Brookline is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Brookline has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Brookline doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Brookline Information and Demographics

The population of Brookline is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 41.80% of adults in Brookline have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brookline in 2000 was $29,272, which is wealthy relative to New Hampshire and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,088 for a family of four. However, Brookline contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 English, Irish, Italian, French, French Canadian, German, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Brookline is English.