Brookfield vs Browning

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

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

Brookfield has the higher population (4,128 vs 260 in Browning). Since 2019, Browning's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Browning
Population	4,128	260
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,543	—
Median home value	$86,500	—
Median gross rent	$673	$508
Housing units	2,182	163
Homeownership rate	68.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Browning
Population	4,403 → 4,128 (-6.2%)	224 → 260 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$35,566 → $55,543 (+56.2%)	—
Median home value	$78,400 → $86,500 (+10.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$567 → $673 (+18.7%)	$367 → $508 (+38.4%)

Brookfield

Population

4,4034,128

Median household income

$35,566$55,543

Median home value

$78,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$567$673

Browning

Population

224260

Median gross rent

$367$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Browning
Under 5	5.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	4.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.0%
75 and over	10.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Browning
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	90.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Browning
No high school diploma	14.0%	20.2%
High school graduate	49.0%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	0.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Browning
Drove alone	86.6%	57.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	34.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Browning
1-unit, detached	87.0%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Browning
Poverty rate	19.9%	38.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1960	1952