Brookville is a tiny city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 236 people and just one neighborhood, Brookville is the 276th largest community in Kansas. Brookville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Brookville real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Brookville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Brookville is a blue-collar town, with 36.61% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brookville is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookville who work in management occupations (13.39%), office and administrative support (8.93%), and sales jobs (8.04%).
The overall crime rate in Brookville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Brookville 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. Brookville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brookville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brookville may be for you.
In Brookville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Brookville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Brookville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.00% of adults 25 and older in Brookville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Brookville in 2022 was $35,225, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,900 for a family of four. However, Brookville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brookville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brookville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brookville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Brookville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.95% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brookville include German, Swedish, English, Irish, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Brookville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.7% of America.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Brookville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 71.4% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 47.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.9%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Brookville, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (6.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (59.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.