Brookfield vs Marceline

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

Brookfield and Marceline 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 2,269 in Marceline). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($55,543 vs $55,139 in Marceline). Marceline has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $86,500 in Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Marceline
Population	4,128	2,269
Median age	42.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,543	$55,139
Median home value	$86,500	$96,000
Median gross rent	$673	$618
Housing units	2,182	1,024
Homeownership rate	68.6%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Marceline
Population	4,403 → 4,128 (-6.2%)	2,002 → 2,269 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$35,566 → $55,543 (+56.2%)	$40,441 → $55,139 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $86,500 (+10.3%)	$63,700 → $96,000 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $673 (+18.7%)	$535 → $618 (+15.5%)

Brookfield

Population

4,4034,128

Median household income

$35,566$55,543

Median home value

$78,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$567$673

Marceline

Population

2,0022,269

Median household income

$40,441$55,139

Median home value

$63,700$96,000

Median gross rent

$535$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Marceline
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.4%
75 and over	10.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Marceline
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Marceline
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	49.0%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Marceline
Drove alone	86.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Marceline
1-unit, detached	87.0%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Marceline
Poverty rate	19.9%	24.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1960	1961