Northbrook vs Park Ridge

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

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

Park Ridge has the higher population (39,241 vs 34,642 in Northbrook). Northbrook has the higher median household income ($155,321 vs $138,059 in Park Ridge). Northbrook has the higher median home value ($644,100 vs $539,300 in Park Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
Population	34,642	39,241
Median age	49.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$155,321	$138,059
Median home value	$644,100	$539,300
Median gross rent	$2,334	$1,511
Housing units	14,490	16,013
Homeownership rate	86.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.1%	65.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
Population	33,343 → 34,642 (+3.9%)	37,457 → 39,241 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$124,863 → $155,321 (+24.4%)	$111,642 → $138,059 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$534,800 → $644,100 (+20.4%)	$437,000 → $539,300 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,056 → $2,334 (+13.5%)	$1,433 → $1,511 (+5.4%)

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

Park Ridge

Population

37,45739,241

Median household income

$111,642$138,059

Median home value

$437,000$539,300

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.7%
75 and over	12.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	82.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	9.4%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
Drove alone	56.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.3%
Public transit	7.0%	8.6%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	27.4%	22.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
1-unit, detached	66.5%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.0%
20 or more units	15.1%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Northbrook	Park Ridge
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1975	1960