Brookfield vs Laclede

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

Brookfield and Laclede 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 249 in Laclede). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($55,543 vs $46,500 in Laclede). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $50,000 in Laclede).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Laclede
Population	4,128	249
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,543	$46,500
Median home value	$86,500	$50,000
Median gross rent	$673	$333
Housing units	2,182	133
Homeownership rate	68.6%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Laclede
Population	4,403 → 4,128 (-6.2%)	378 → 249 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$35,566 → $55,543 (+56.2%)	$38,438 → $46,500 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $86,500 (+10.3%)	$66,900 → $50,000 (-25.3%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $673 (+18.7%)	$500 → $333 (-33.4%)

Brookfield

Population

4,4034,128

Median household income

$35,566$55,543

Median home value

$78,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$567$673

Laclede

Population

378249

Median household income

$38,438$46,500

Median home value

$66,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$500$333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Laclede
Under 5	5.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	17.7%
75 and over	10.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Laclede
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Laclede
No high school diploma	14.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	49.0%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Laclede
Drove alone	86.6%	75.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Laclede
1-unit, detached	87.0%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Laclede
Poverty rate	19.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1960	1960