Niles vs Northbrook

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

Niles 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 30,262 in Niles). Northbrook has the higher median household income ($155,321 vs $78,563 in Niles). Northbrook has the higher median home value ($644,100 vs $350,900 in Niles).

Population, income & housing

	Niles	Northbrook
Population	30,262	34,642
Median age	47.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,563	$155,321
Median home value	$350,900	$644,100
Median gross rent	$1,247	$2,334
Housing units	11,808	14,490
Homeownership rate	76.6%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	73.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niles	Northbrook
Population	29,451 → 30,262 (+2.8%)	33,343 → 34,642 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$64,772 → $78,563 (+21.3%)	$124,863 → $155,321 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$284,400 → $350,900 (+23.4%)	$534,800 → $644,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,247 (+9.3%)	$2,056 → $2,334 (+13.5%)

Niles

Population

29,45130,262

Median household income

$64,772$78,563

Median home value

$284,400$350,900

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,247

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)

	Niles	Northbrook
Under 5	4.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.0%
75 and over	13.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niles	Northbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	73.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.3%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niles	Northbrook
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niles	Northbrook
Drove alone	71.0%	56.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.6%
Public transit	4.6%	7.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.9%	27.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niles	Northbrook
1-unit, detached	53.5%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	22.1%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Niles	Northbrook
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1965	1975