Brookfield vs Muskego

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

Brookfield and Muskego 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 25,156 in Muskego). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($124,026 vs $116,361 in Muskego). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($419,300 vs $390,900 in Muskego).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Muskego
Population	41,592	25,156
Median age	43.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$124,026	$116,361
Median home value	$419,300	$390,900
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,292
Housing units	16,662	10,105
Homeownership rate	82.7%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Muskego
Population	38,358 → 41,592 (+8.4%)	24,946 → 25,156 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$108,198 → $124,026 (+14.6%)	$95,242 → $116,361 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $419,300 (+31.5%)	$291,700 → $390,900 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,526 → $1,794 (+17.6%)	$1,096 → $1,292 (+17.9%)

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

Muskego

Population

24,94625,156

Median household income

$95,242$116,361

Median home value

$291,700$390,900

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Muskego
Under 5	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.3%
75 and over	10.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Muskego
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Muskego
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	13.4%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Muskego
Drove alone	74.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	15.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Muskego
1-unit, detached	75.6%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	9.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Muskego
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1974	1987