Alsip vs Brookfield

A side-by-side comparison of Alsip and Brookfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Alsip and Brookfield are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookfield has the higher population (19,235 vs 18,650 in Alsip). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($108,429 vs $67,557 in Alsip). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $208,700 in Alsip).

Population, income & housing

	Alsip	Brookfield
Population	18,650	19,235
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$108,429
Median home value	$208,700	$314,000
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,328
Housing units	8,076	8,010
Homeownership rate	65.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsip	Brookfield
Population	19,022 → 18,650 (-2.0%)	18,735 → 19,235 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$63,312 → $67,557 (+6.7%)	$82,435 → $108,429 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $208,700 (+21.8%)	$245,200 → $314,000 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,102 (+14.7%)	$1,029 → $1,328 (+29.1%)

Alsip

Population

19,02218,650

Median household income

$63,312$67,557

Median home value

$171,400$208,700

Median gross rent

$961$1,102

Brookfield

Population

18,73519,235

Median household income

$82,435$108,429

Median home value

$245,200$314,000

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsip	Brookfield
Under 5	7.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.2%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsip	Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	69.9%
Black or African American	21.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsip	Brookfield
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsip	Brookfield
Drove alone	75.8%	67.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.1%
Public transit	4.0%	9.4%
Walked	2.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	15.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsip	Brookfield
1-unit, detached	54.1%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	9.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Alsip	Brookfield
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1974	1952