City · Linn County, Missouri

Brookfield, Missouri

Brookfield is a city in Linn County, Missouri. It has 4,144 residents. Brookfield, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 46 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,528 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #167 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), math scores (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), mental health care shortage (high) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

46Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,528 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #167 of 375 in MO
Population: 4,144 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 952.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2908650

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety39#9,531/15,637
Economy31#10,733/15,631
Housing89#1,616/14,977
Health22#12,138/15,609
Healthcare7#14,523/15,650
Environment82#2,728/15,453
Education79#3,281/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,380/15,650
Community65#5,436/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,489/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Brookfield, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Linn County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low84 min
99/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLinn County value
Math scores · high3.51
97/100Missouri 2.95United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLinn County value
Students per teacher · low10.5×
96/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsLinn County value
Social associations · high17.8 /10k
96/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLinn County value
Average commute time · low14.3 min
96/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Reading scores · high3.40
95/100Missouri 2.98United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLinn County value

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLinn County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Missouri 13.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLinn County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Missouri 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLinn County value
Average weekly wage · low$891
5/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLinn County value
Mental health providers · low50 /100k
6/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLinn County value
Broadband subscriptions · low79.9%
6/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
4,403 (2015-2019) → 4,144 (2020-2024)
−5.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
45.1% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.5% (2015-2019) → 79.9% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
26.4% (2015-2019) → 14.3% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.3% (2015-2019) → 8.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Brookfield, Missouri improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Child poverty−27 points45.1% → 17.9%
Uninsured−11 points19.3% → 8.6%
Poverty−12 points26.4% → 14.3%
Household income+49%$35,566 → $53,000
Broadband+13 points66.5% → 79.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Brookfield, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.1 min2015-2019	14.3 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Broadband subscriptions	66.5%2015-2019	79.9%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	74%
Child poverty rate	45.1%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	−27 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.88%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	22%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4242015-2019	0.4742020-2024	+0.050	Within the margin of error	16%
Median household income	$35,5662015-2019	$53,0002020-2024	+49%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	26.4%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.7%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	41.6%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.3%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Brookfield, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brookfield, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Brookfield, Missouri itself moved +0.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,144 residents (±263)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,832 households (±184)

Brookfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k20%†365
$25k–50k28%†512
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,832 households (±184)

Brookfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Own70%1,281
Rent30%551

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.4 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,967 workers (±233)

Brookfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone83%1,625
Carpool8.3%†164
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Linn County, the county holding most of Brookfield's residents.

Linn County has 304 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 1.06× Missouri's), with 3,356 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,326. The Census Bureau also counts 927 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 304; 927 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 3,356
Average annual pay: $45,326; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Linn County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	21	17.8	0.97×About typical	246	$15,663	6
Religious organizations	18	15.3	2.75×More than typical	49	$13,816	—
Specialty trade contractors	18	15.3	0.99×About typical	43	$45,767	116
Full-service restaurants	14	11.9	1.55×More than typical	127	$17,323	4
Ambulatory health care services	13	11	0.53×Fewer than typical	103	$73,146	23
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	10.2	2.02×More than typical	36	$43,583	18
Truck transportation	11	9.3	1.84×More than typical	46	$102,957	43
Banks and credit unions	10	8.5	2.63×More than typical	121	$47,364	7
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	7.6	1.74×Too few to compare	23	$30,783	21
Gasoline stations	8	6.8	2.09×Too few to compare	72	$27,528	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	8	6.8	1.01×Too few to compare	51	$79,765	57
Other specialty trade contractors	7	5.9	2.37×Too few to compare	23	$46,783	37

Rank places for an industry Open Linn County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,791 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $2,046 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Brookfield, Missouri: $0.49 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2,046; +11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.49; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$2,046100%

Top recipients

BETTER BY DESIGN LLC$2,046100%

Spending by fiscal year

298.6FY2021
2KFY2024
1.8KFY2025
2KFY2026

What was bought

Facilities & utilities$2,046100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,046100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Brookfield, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Brookfield, Missouri's figures are part of those of Linn County, MO ($228.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Brookfield is mostly in Linn County.

See federal money in Linn County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Brookfield, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sam GravesR-MO-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 7.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Linn County52100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Linn County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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