Brookfield vs Homewood

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

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

Homewood has the higher population (19,471 vs 19,235 in Brookfield). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($108,429 vs $96,522 in Homewood). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $210,500 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Homewood
Population	19,235	19,471
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,429	$96,522
Median home value	$314,000	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,422
Housing units	8,010	7,394
Homeownership rate	79.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Homewood
Population	18,735 → 19,235 (+2.7%)	19,112 → 19,471 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$82,435 → $108,429 (+31.5%)	$74,450 → $96,522 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $314,000 (+28.1%)	$163,100 → $210,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,328 (+29.1%)	$1,156 → $1,422 (+23.0%)

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

Homewood

Population

19,11219,471

Median household income

$74,450$96,522

Median home value

$163,100$210,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,422

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Homewood
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Homewood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	42.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	44.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Homewood
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Homewood
Drove alone	67.0%	62.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.1%
Public transit	9.4%	11.3%
Walked	2.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	13.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Homewood
1-unit, detached	74.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Homewood
Poverty rate	5.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1952	1962