Brookfield vs Pewaukee

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

Brookfield and Pewaukee 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 16,002 in Pewaukee). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($124,026 vs $112,093 in Pewaukee). Pewaukee has the higher median home value ($434,700 vs $419,300 in Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
Population	41,592	16,002
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$124,026	$112,093
Median home value	$419,300	$434,700
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,485
Housing units	16,662	7,063
Homeownership rate	82.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
Population	38,358 → 41,592 (+8.4%)	14,431 → 16,002 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$108,198 → $124,026 (+14.6%)	$104,645 → $112,093 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $419,300 (+31.5%)	$315,300 → $434,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,526 → $1,794 (+17.6%)	$1,338 → $1,485 (+11.0%)

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

Pewaukee

Population

14,43116,002

Median household income

$104,645$112,093

Median home value

$315,300$434,700

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	16.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.5%
75 and over	10.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	13.4%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
Drove alone	74.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.4%	20.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
1-unit, detached	75.6%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	12.8%
20 or more units	9.2%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Pewaukee
Poverty rate	3.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1993