Brookfield vs Meadville

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

Brookfield and Meadville 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 493 in Meadville). Meadville has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $55,543 in Brookfield). Meadville has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $86,500 in Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Meadville
Population	4,128	493
Median age	42.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,543	$70,000
Median home value	$86,500	$110,200
Median gross rent	$673	$625
Housing units	2,182	202
Homeownership rate	68.6%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Meadville
Population	4,403 → 4,128 (-6.2%)	476 → 493 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$35,566 → $55,543 (+56.2%)	$45,000 → $70,000 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $86,500 (+10.3%)	$69,700 → $110,200 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $673 (+18.7%)	$533 → $625 (+17.3%)

Brookfield

Population

4,4034,128

Median household income

$35,566$55,543

Median home value

$78,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$567$673

Meadville

Population

476493

Median household income

$45,000$70,000

Median home value

$69,700$110,200

Median gross rent

$533$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Meadville
Under 5	5.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	26.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	25.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	4.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.7%
75 and over	10.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Meadville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Meadville
No high school diploma	14.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	49.0%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Meadville
Drove alone	86.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Meadville
1-unit, detached	87.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Meadville
Poverty rate	19.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	1960	1964