Brookville is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,655 people and two associated neighborhoods, Brookville is the 200th largest community in Indiana.Brookville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brookville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookville who work in office and administrative support (11.77%), sales jobs (11.01%), and healthcare (10.71%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.50% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Brookville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. Being a small town, Brookville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Brookville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.70% of adults 25 and older in Brookville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Brookville in 2022 was $30,004, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,016 for a family of four. However, Brookville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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. Important ancestries of people in Brookville include German, Irish, English, Welsh, and European. The most common language spoken in Brookville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
