Brookfield vs Bucklin

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

Brookfield and Bucklin 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 383 in Bucklin). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($55,543 vs $43,125 in Bucklin). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $73,700 in Bucklin).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Bucklin
Population	4,128	383
Median age	42.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,543	$43,125
Median home value	$86,500	$73,700
Median gross rent	$673	$525
Housing units	2,182	242
Homeownership rate	68.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Bucklin
Population	4,403 → 4,128 (-6.2%)	394 → 383 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$35,566 → $55,543 (+56.2%)	$37,250 → $43,125 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $86,500 (+10.3%)	$45,000 → $73,700 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $673 (+18.7%)	$344 → $525 (+52.6%)

Brookfield

Population

4,4034,128

Median household income

$35,566$55,543

Median home value

$78,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$567$673

Bucklin

Population

394383

Median household income

$37,250$43,125

Median home value

$45,000$73,700

Median gross rent

$344$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Bucklin
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	22.2%
75 and over	10.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Bucklin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Bucklin
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	49.0%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Bucklin
Drove alone	86.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Bucklin
1-unit, detached	87.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Bucklin
Poverty rate	19.9%	27.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1960	1961