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Northbrook, IL

34,585 Population
13.2 square miles 2,611.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$87,173 ±$7,322 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • nearly double the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$157,782 ±$19,596 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • nearly double the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

4.3% ±1.4% (1,473  ±457) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

26.8 minutes ±3.6 (290,650  ±27,496) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

13,302 ±464 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.6 ±0.1 (33,888  ±223) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

4.9% ±1.8% (287  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

14,435 ±538 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$652,300 ±$20,230 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

8.1% ±1.9% (2,779  ±664.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

97.2% ±4.2% (24,761  ±1,252.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
72.6% ±3.4% (18,504  ±998.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.7% ±2.2% (7,151  ±777) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

3.8% ±1.3% (1,022  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
1,022 Total veterans ±362 925 Male ±352 97 Female ±65

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