Brookfield vs East Brookfield

A side-by-side comparison of Brookfield and East Brookfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookfield and East Brookfield are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Brookfield has the higher population (1,349 vs 940 in Brookfield). East Brookfield has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $66,774 in Brookfield). East Brookfield has the higher median home value ($337,500 vs $325,700 in Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
Population	940	1,349
Median age	38.7 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,774	$70,625
Median home value	$325,700	$337,500
Median gross rent	$1,087	$990
Housing units	400	630
Homeownership rate	70.9%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
Population	690 → 940 (+36.2%)	1,037 → 1,349 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$64,063 → $66,774 (+4.2%)	$74,821 → $70,625 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$211,000 → $325,700 (+54.4%)	$217,400 → $337,500 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,087 (-2.7%)	$1,045 → $990 (-5.3%)

Brookfield

Population

690940

Median household income

$64,063$66,774

Median home value

$211,000$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,087

East Brookfield

Population

1,0371,349

Median household income

$74,821$70,625

Median home value

$217,400$337,500

Median gross rent

$1,045$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
Under 5	1.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	17.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	6.8%
55 to 64	2.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.4%
75 and over	5.7%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	50.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
Drove alone	85.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
1-unit, detached	63.2%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	35.8%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	East Brookfield
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1938	1956