Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 41,958, 16,060 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $559,201, Brookfield house prices are not only among the most expensive in Wisconsin, Brookfield real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Brookfield, accounting for 75.27% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Brookfield include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 14.07%), row houses and other attached homes ( 7.84%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.26%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Brookfield. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 82.65% of Brookfield's homes, and 67.61% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Brookfield built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Brookfield built between 1940-1969 ( 41.66%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 13.89%). There's also some housing in Brookfield built before 1939 ( 2.38%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Brookfield's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.82% during the period.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Brookfield's appreciation rate, at 5.83%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Brookfield's appreciation rate has been 2.73%, which annualizes to a rate of 11.39%.
Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that Brookfield's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Brookfield differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Brookfield - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Brookfield real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$559,201
for Wisconsin
for nation
16,060
$2,648 / per month