Brookfield vs New Berlin

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

Brookfield and New Berlin 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 40,384 in New Berlin). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($124,026 vs $97,414 in New Berlin). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($419,300 vs $343,500 in New Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	New Berlin
Population	41,592	40,384
Median age	43.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$124,026	$97,414
Median home value	$419,300	$343,500
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,409
Housing units	16,662	17,522
Homeownership rate	82.7%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	New Berlin
Population	38,358 → 41,592 (+8.4%)	39,718 → 40,384 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$108,198 → $124,026 (+14.6%)	$83,488 → $97,414 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $419,300 (+31.5%)	$259,800 → $343,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,526 → $1,794 (+17.6%)	$1,211 → $1,409 (+16.4%)

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

New Berlin

Population

39,71840,384

Median household income

$83,488$97,414

Median home value

$259,800$343,500

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	New Berlin
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.0%
75 and over	10.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	New Berlin
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	11.4%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	New Berlin
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	13.4%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	New Berlin
Drove alone	74.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	13.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	New Berlin
1-unit, detached	75.6%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	10.1%
20 or more units	9.2%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	New Berlin
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1974	1979