Brookfield vs Oconomowoc

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

Brookfield and Oconomowoc 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 18,385 in Oconomowoc). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($124,026 vs $105,833 in Oconomowoc). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($419,300 vs $367,700 in Oconomowoc).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
Population	41,592	18,385
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,026	$105,833
Median home value	$419,300	$367,700
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,235
Housing units	16,662	7,934
Homeownership rate	82.7%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
Population	38,358 → 41,592 (+8.4%)	16,698 → 18,385 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$108,198 → $124,026 (+14.6%)	$88,662 → $105,833 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $419,300 (+31.5%)	$259,200 → $367,700 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,526 → $1,794 (+17.6%)	$972 → $1,235 (+27.1%)

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

Oconomowoc

Population

16,69818,385

Median household income

$88,662$105,833

Median home value

$259,200$367,700

Median gross rent

$972$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.1%
75 and over	10.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	11.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	13.4%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
Drove alone	74.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	17.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
1-unit, detached	75.6%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	11.4%
20 or more units	9.2%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Oconomowoc
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1974	1984