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Brookfield town, Worcester County, MA

3,442 Population
15.5 square miles 221.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$44,865 ±$6,655 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Worcester County: $47,780 ±$583
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$71,875 ±$22,382 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

7.1% ±3.6% (243  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

34 minutes ±3.7 (56,800  ±9,299) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

1,473 ±111 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.3 ±0.2 (3,430  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.8% ±4.6% (23  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Worcester County: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

1,546 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$313,200 ±$30,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

6.1% ±3.6% (207  ±124.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

94.6% ±10.4% (2,516  ±307.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
26.6% ±5.9% (707  ±162.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±0.8% (37  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 13.8% 119,141
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5.5% ±2.4% (161  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
161 Total veterans ±71 159 Male ±71 2 Female ±5

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