Brookfield vs Evergreen Park

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

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

Evergreen Park has the higher population (19,498 vs 19,235 in Brookfield). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($108,429 vs $95,738 in Evergreen Park). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $255,700 in Evergreen Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
Population	19,235	19,498
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,429	$95,738
Median home value	$314,000	$255,700
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,425
Housing units	8,010	7,707
Homeownership rate	79.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
Population	18,735 → 19,235 (+2.7%)	19,479 → 19,498 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$82,435 → $108,429 (+31.5%)	$75,657 → $95,738 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $314,000 (+28.1%)	$193,300 → $255,700 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,328 (+29.1%)	$1,182 → $1,425 (+20.6%)

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

Evergreen Park

Population

19,47919,498

Median household income

$75,657$95,738

Median home value

$193,300$255,700

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
Under 5	5.6%	10.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.3%
75 and over	5.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	53.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	22.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	22.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
Drove alone	67.0%	69.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.1%
Public transit	9.4%	5.9%
Walked	2.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	14.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
1-unit, detached	74.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Evergreen Park
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1952	1955