BrookfieldNJ
A town of 673.
Is Brookfield a good place to live?
Brookfield’s midpoint age is 80.2 years, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 42 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Brookfield. Brookfield has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
673 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Drew University and 94 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brookfield. Close and well known come first.
34 mi LandmarkDrew University
29 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
21 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
38 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
11 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
10 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain
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Moving to Brookfield: who provides what
Brookfield is unincorporated, so Warren County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Brookfield.
Top of a high hazard risk in Brookfield: inland flooding
Brookfield’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 78 of 100. FEMA puts 76% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brookfield: four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 19°, and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
31% of Brookfield’s commuters take transit to work
In Brookfield, the median household income is $60,000. Most working residents leave Brookfield for work: only 1% work in town. Employers in Brookfield added 55 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 244. Among residents here, 4.8% live below the poverty line.
| Brookfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of adults in Brookfield binge drink than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
26% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Brookfield, below both New Jersey’s towns (36%) and U.S. towns (36%); what’s more, in Brookfield, 7.9% of adults smoke cigarettes. Also worth knowing: of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Brookfield. Two figures for adults here: 9.1% report frequent mental distress, 18% report frequent physical distress.
| Brookfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 15% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Brookfield | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 3.7% | 12.3% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 5% | 15.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 22.9% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Brookfield sell for about $459K
For households in Brookfield, the share who live in a home they own is 93%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Brookfield
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Brookfield
About 0 of every 100 Brookfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
About Brookfield
Populated place in Warren County, New Jersey, US
Brookfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within White Township, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Brookfield had a population of 727.
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- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 331 ft
Questions about Brookfield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brookfield, NJ a good place to live?
Brookfield has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.