Countryside vs Northfield

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

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

Countryside has the higher population (6,294 vs 5,683 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($180,492 vs $78,132 in Countryside). Northfield has the higher median home value ($807,700 vs $330,700 in Countryside).

Population, income & housing

	Countryside	Northfield
Population	6,294	5,683
Median age	48.5 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,132	$180,492
Median home value	$330,700	$807,700
Median gross rent	$1,212	$2,917
Housing units	2,939	2,492
Homeownership rate	71.4%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	81.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Countryside	Northfield
Population	5,961 → 6,294 (+5.6%)	5,534 → 5,683 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $78,132 (+28.4%)	$148,077 → $180,492 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$228,100 → $330,700 (+45.0%)	$638,400 → $807,700 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,212 (+14.6%)	$2,083 → $2,917 (+40.0%)

Countryside

Population

5,9616,294

Median household income

$60,833$78,132

Median home value

$228,100$330,700

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,212

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)

	Countryside	Northfield
Under 5	3.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	16.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	14.0%
75 and over	8.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Countryside	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	84.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Countryside	Northfield
No high school diploma	8.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.1%	2.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	40.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	41.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Countryside	Northfield
Drove alone	70.1%	54.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.5%
Public transit	4.3%	7.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	29.7%
Other means	2.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Countryside	Northfield
1-unit, detached	43.2%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	11.4%
20 or more units	23.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Countryside	Northfield
Poverty rate	8.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1975	1968