Brookfield vs Harvey

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

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

Harvey has the higher population (19,831 vs 19,235 in Brookfield). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($108,429 vs $41,091 in Harvey). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $86,100 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Harvey
Population	19,235	19,831
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,429	$41,091
Median home value	$314,000	$86,100
Median gross rent	$1,328	$968
Housing units	8,010	9,381
Homeownership rate	79.5%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Harvey
Population	18,735 → 19,235 (+2.7%)	24,386 → 19,831 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$82,435 → $108,429 (+31.5%)	$30,306 → $41,091 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $314,000 (+28.1%)	$73,700 → $86,100 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,328 (+29.1%)	$946 → $968 (+2.3%)

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

Harvey

Population

24,38619,831

Median household income

$30,306$41,091

Median home value

$73,700$86,100

Median gross rent

$946$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Harvey
Under 5	5.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.7%
75 and over	5.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Harvey
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	3.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	57.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Harvey
No high school diploma	6.2%	23.9%
High school graduate	22.9%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Harvey
Drove alone	67.0%	66.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.0%
Public transit	9.4%	9.4%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.9%	4.5%
Other means	1.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Harvey
1-unit, detached	74.3%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Harvey
Poverty rate	5.0%	25.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1952	1960