Calumet City vs Northbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet City and Northbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calumet City has the higher population (35,253 vs 34,642 in Northbrook). Northbrook has the higher median household income ($155,321 vs $53,991 in Calumet City). Northbrook has the higher median home value ($644,100 vs $133,600 in Calumet City).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet City	Northbrook
Population	35,253	34,642
Median age	37.8 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,991	$155,321
Median home value	$133,600	$644,100
Median gross rent	$1,138	$2,334
Housing units	16,868	14,490
Homeownership rate	55.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	73.1%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet City	Northbrook
Population	36,551 → 35,253 (-3.6%)	33,343 → 34,642 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$44,456 → $53,991 (+21.4%)	$124,863 → $155,321 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $133,600 (+26.0%)	$534,800 → $644,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,138 (+17.7%)	$2,056 → $2,334 (+13.5%)

Calumet City

Population

36,55135,253

Median household income

$44,456$53,991

Median home value

$106,000$133,600

Median gross rent

$967$1,138

Northbrook

Population

33,34334,642

Median household income

$124,863$155,321

Median home value

$534,800$644,100

Median gross rent

$2,056$2,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet City	Northbrook
Under 5	6.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.0%
75 and over	5.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet City	Northbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	73.2%
Black or African American	73.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet City	Northbrook
No high school diploma	11.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	28.8%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet City	Northbrook
Drove alone	70.0%	56.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.6%
Public transit	8.1%	7.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.7%	27.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet City	Northbrook
1-unit, detached	52.9%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	9.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Calumet City	Northbrook
Poverty rate	23.3%	4.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1968	1975