Elk Grove Village vs Northbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Grove Village and Northbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northbrook has the higher population (34,642 vs 32,132 in Elk Grove Village). Northbrook has the higher median household income ($155,321 vs $95,216 in Elk Grove Village). Northbrook has the higher median home value ($644,100 vs $334,400 in Elk Grove Village).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
Population	32,132	34,642
Median age	43.9 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,216	$155,321
Median home value	$334,400	$644,100
Median gross rent	$1,574	$2,334
Housing units	13,428	14,490
Homeownership rate	73.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	73.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
Population	32,942 → 32,132 (-2.5%)	33,343 → 34,642 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$81,895 → $95,216 (+16.3%)	$124,863 → $155,321 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$271,900 → $334,400 (+23.0%)	$534,800 → $644,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,238 → $1,574 (+27.1%)	$2,056 → $2,334 (+13.5%)

Elk Grove Village

Population

32,94232,132

Median household income

$81,895$95,216

Median home value

$271,900$334,400

Median gross rent

$1,238$1,574

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)

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
Under 5	5.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.0%
75 and over	8.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	73.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.7%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	22.4%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
Drove alone	73.8%	56.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.6%
Public transit	2.2%	7.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.4%	27.4%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
1-unit, detached	57.9%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	15.8%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Elk Grove Village	Northbrook
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1974	1975