Brookfield vs West Warren

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

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

Brookfield has the higher population (940 vs 619 in West Warren). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $274,600 in West Warren). Since 2019, Brookfield's population has grown faster (+36.2% vs +5.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	West Warren
Population	940	619
Median age	38.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,774	—
Median home value	$325,700	$274,600
Median gross rent	$1,087	$862
Housing units	400	412
Homeownership rate	70.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	West Warren
Population	690 → 940 (+36.2%)	585 → 619 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$64,063 → $66,774 (+4.2%)	$56,841 → $64,989 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$211,000 → $325,700 (+54.4%)	$246,900 → $274,600 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,087 (-2.7%)	$674 → $862 (+27.9%)

Brookfield

Population

690940

Median household income

$64,063$66,774

Median home value

$211,000$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,087

West Warren

Population

585619

Median household income

$56,841$64,989

Median home value

$246,900$274,600

Median gross rent

$674$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	West Warren
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	5.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	48.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	2.8%	21.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.9%
75 and over	5.7%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	West Warren
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	West Warren
No high school diploma	1.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	West Warren
Drove alone	85.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	West Warren
1-unit, detached	63.2%	25.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	35.8%	36.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	38.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	West Warren
Poverty rate	10.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.51	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1938	1938