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Northbrook, IL

34,642 Population
13.2 square miles 2,615.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$85,680 ±$6,591 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • nearly double the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$155,321 ±$16,295 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • nearly double the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

4.5% ±1.5% (1,529  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

27.7 minutes ±0.5 (329,575  ±27,424) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

13,296 ±455 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.1 (33,967  ±225) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.8% ±1.8% (292  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

14,490 ±547 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$644,100 ±$17,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

8.3% ±1.5% (2,853  ±521.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97.3% ±4.3% (24,639  ±1,230.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
73.1% ±3.6% (18,529  ±998.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

21.2% ±2.5% (7,331  ±850) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

3.7% ±1.4% (1,004  ±376) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,004 Total veterans ±376 957 Male ±371 47 Female ±44

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