One of the benefits of Brookfield is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.60 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
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. 15.04% 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 $28,966, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,864 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brookfield include Irish, German, English, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Brookfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
