Brookfield vs Menomonee Falls

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

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

Brookfield has the higher population (41,592 vs 38,963 in Menomonee Falls). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($124,026 vs $98,460 in Menomonee Falls). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($419,300 vs $341,600 in Menomonee Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
Population	41,592	38,963
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,026	$98,460
Median home value	$419,300	$341,600
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,257
Housing units	16,662	16,945
Homeownership rate	82.7%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
Population	38,358 → 41,592 (+8.4%)	37,160 → 38,963 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$108,198 → $124,026 (+14.6%)	$82,396 → $98,460 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $419,300 (+31.5%)	$247,300 → $341,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,526 → $1,794 (+17.6%)	$1,052 → $1,257 (+19.5%)

Brookfield

Population

38,35841,592

Median household income

$108,198$124,026

Median home value

$318,800$419,300

Median gross rent

$1,526$1,794

Menomonee Falls

Population

37,16038,963

Median household income

$82,396$98,460

Median home value

$247,300$341,600

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,257

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.8%
75 and over	10.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	13.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
Drove alone	74.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	15.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
1-unit, detached	75.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	9.2%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Menomonee Falls
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1974	1980