Brookfield is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,072 people and two associated neighborhoods, Brookfield is the 169th largest community in Missouri.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brookfield has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brookfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brookfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brookfield may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Brookfield spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.51 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Brookfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Brookfield are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.86% of adults in Brookfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Brookfield in 2022 was $32,241, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,964 for a family of four. However, Brookfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Brookfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brookfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brookfield include English, Irish, German, Syrian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Brookfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.