About Brown Deer

Brown Deer is a somewhat small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 12,170 people and just one neighborhood, Brown Deer is the 65th largest community in Wisconsin.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brown Deer is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brown Deer is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brown Deer who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.56%), sales jobs (12.65%), and management occupations (10.80%).

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

In addition, Brown Deer is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Brown Deer is a very car-oriented village. This is because most people - 96.7% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Brown Deer.

Brown Deer Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Brown Deer citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.22% of adults in Brown Deer have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Brown Deer in 2000 was $25,628, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,512 for a family of four.

Brown Deer is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Brown Deer home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brown Deer is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brown Deer include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, English, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Brown Deer is English.