Cost of Living in Brookfield
Brookfield's cost of living centers on genuinely above-average housing costs, partly offset by a below-Wisconsin-median property tax rate and the highest median household income among this project's Wisconsin Milwaukee-metro markets.
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Learn moreThe most expensive housing in this dataset's WI suburbs
Brookfield's home value figures carried a real, disclosed cross-source spread ($458,500-$533,966) this pass -- genuinely the highest among this project's four Wisconsin Milwaukee-metro Tier A markets.
A genuinely favorable property tax offset
Brookfield's effective property tax rate (1.04%) runs genuinely below Wisconsin's own elevated 1.43% statewide median -- a real, disclosed cost offset to the above-average purchase price.
The highest median household income in this dataset's WI suburbs
Brookfield's median household income ($129,548) runs genuinely above this project's other Wisconsin Milwaukee-metro Tier A markets.
Key takeaways
- Brookfield's housing costs are genuinely the highest among this project's Wisconsin Milwaukee-metro Tier A markets.
- Brookfield's property tax rate (1.04%) runs below Wisconsin's own elevated statewide median.
- Median household income ($129,548) runs above this project's other Wisconsin Milwaukee-metro Tier A markets.
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