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Northfield, IL

5,683 Population
3.2 square miles 1,759.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$116,824 ±$15,775 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$180,492 ±$23,833 Median household income
  • about double the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.2% ±2.2% (296  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.7 minutes ±7.1 (51,085  ±9,062) 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)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,348 ±131 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.2 (5,682  ±249) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

9.9% ±7.6% (95  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

2,492 ±150 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$807,700 ±$84,714 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

8.7% ±4.2% (489  ±237.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent 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

100% ±8.8% (4,133  ±411.9) 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)
81.7% ±7.7% (3,378  ±355.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • more than 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

13.7% ±3.5% (780  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.6% ±2.1% (206  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
206 Total veterans ±94 206 Male ±94 N/A Female ±17

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