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.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.51 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Brookfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Brookfield rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.86% of adults 25 and older in Brookfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
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.
