Berkeley vs Northfield

A side-by-side comparison of Berkeley and Northfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northfield has the higher population (5,683 vs 5,222 in Berkeley). Northfield has the higher median household income ($180,492 vs $83,224 in Berkeley). Northfield has the higher median home value ($807,700 vs $222,400 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Northfield
Population	5,222	5,683
Median age	37.1 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,224	$180,492
Median home value	$222,400	$807,700
Median gross rent	$1,292	$2,917
Housing units	2,056	2,492
Homeownership rate	84.0%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	81.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Northfield
Population	5,116 → 5,222 (+2.1%)	5,534 → 5,683 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$64,193 → $83,224 (+29.6%)	$148,077 → $180,492 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$178,700 → $222,400 (+24.5%)	$638,400 → $807,700 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,292 (+37.0%)	$2,083 → $2,917 (+40.0%)

Berkeley

Population

5,1165,222

Median household income

$64,193$83,224

Median home value

$178,700$222,400

Median gross rent

$943$1,292

Northfield

Population

5,5345,683

Median household income

$148,077$180,492

Median home value

$638,400$807,700

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Northfield
Under 5	6.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.0%
75 and over	7.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	26.2%	84.8%
Black or African American	25.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Northfield
No high school diploma	11.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	2.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	40.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	41.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Northfield
Drove alone	68.5%	54.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	5.5%
Public transit	1.7%	7.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	29.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Northfield
1-unit, detached	85.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	11.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Northfield
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1955	1968