Brown Deer, Wisconsin

The Brown Deer area was organized as part of the Town of Milwaukee in 1835, and the first white settlers began arriving around that time from New England and New York, including some settlers from Granville, New York. In 1841, the Town of Milwaukee was subdivided and the Brown Deer area became part of the new Town of Granville. In the 1800s, the town was a predominantly agricultural community, and many residents were of German and Irish extraction. The Village of Brown Deer has its origins in a rural hamlet that formed at a crossroads in the northeastern quadrant of the Town of Granville in the 1870s. The area remained characteristically rural from the 19th century through the mid-1940s, when the post–World War II economic expansion caused a building boom in the area, and many of the farms were subdivided into suburban residential neighborhoods. In 1955, the Village of Brown Deer and the City of Milwaukee scrambled to annex more of the Town of Granville, with Brown Deer making five annexations by the year's end. In 1956, the city and the village both attempted to annex all of the Town of Granville's remaining territory. The municipalities began a court battle that would last until 1962. In August 2013, the village was listed as 19th on CNNMoney's rankings of Best Places to Live – Where Homes Are Affordable, the highest ranking community in the state of Wisconsin. ==Geography==

Brown Deer is located at (43.172858, −87.977899). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. ==Demographics==

Income and poverty As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $61,097. The per capita income for the village was $28,525. About 5.8% people of all ages live below the poverty line. The median value of owner occupied housing units was $175,600. 2020 census As of the 2020 census, Brown Deer had a population of 12,507. The median age was 42.8 years. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 88.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84.4 males age 18 and over. 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas. There were 5,524 households in Brown Deer, of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 39.8% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 5,865 housing units, of which 5.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.6%. 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 11,999 people, 5,275 households, and 3,199 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,729.5 people per square mile (1,694.5/km2). There were 5,579 housing units at an average density of 1,267.95 per square mile (787.8/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 61.9% White, 28.6% African American, 0.04% Native American, 4.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.01% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9% of the population. Brown Deer is one of only three Milwaukee suburbs (Glendale and West Milwaukee being the others) where African-Americans make up at least 10% of the general population. There were 5,275 households, of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals living alone, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.91. In the village, the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 12.8% from 25 to 34, 20.7% from 35 to 49, 21.5% from 50 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.8 years. 52% of the population was female and 48% was male. ==Education==

It is in the Brown Deer School District. Algonquin Elementary School was formerly located on N. 47th Street. It served kindergarten through 2nd grade until it was closed in 2007. In 2007, the Brown Deer Schools merged Algonquin into Dean Elementary School (which formerly taught only K4 to 4th grade). Dean Elementary School was formerly located on N. 55th Street. It served kindergarten through sixth graders but was closed and torn down in 2013. The school, now called Brown Deer Elementary School, serves K4–5th grade. The former Brown Deer Middle School (6th to 8th grades) and Brown Deer High School (9th to 12th grades) were merged in 2013, so the school now serves 6th–12th grades. Brown Deer Middle School/High School and Brown Deer Elementary School are located on N. 60th Street. Enrollment is about 1600 students in grades K through 12. ==Notable people==

• Zack Baun, NFL linebacker • Bruce Froemming, MLB umpire • Dan Harmon, comedian and writer • Steve Novak, basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks • Gareth Reynolds, comedian and podcaster • Ervin Schneeberg, businessman and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, born in Brown Deer • Lindsay Peoples Wagner, journalist and editor ==References==