Northbrook vs Streamwood

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

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

Streamwood has the higher population (39,055 vs 34,642 in Northbrook). Northbrook has the higher median household income ($155,321 vs $101,049 in Streamwood). Northbrook has the higher median home value ($644,100 vs $258,300 in Streamwood).

Population, income & housing

	Northbrook	Streamwood
Population	34,642	39,055
Median age	49.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$155,321	$101,049
Median home value	$644,100	$258,300
Median gross rent	$2,334	$1,849
Housing units	14,490	13,487
Homeownership rate	86.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.1%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northbrook	Streamwood
Population	33,343 → 34,642 (+3.9%)	39,809 → 39,055 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$124,863 → $155,321 (+24.4%)	$80,651 → $101,049 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$534,800 → $644,100 (+20.4%)	$192,800 → $258,300 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,056 → $2,334 (+13.5%)	$1,743 → $1,849 (+6.1%)

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

Streamwood

Population

39,80939,055

Median household income

$80,651$101,049

Median home value

$192,800$258,300

Median gross rent

$1,743$1,849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northbrook	Streamwood
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.3%
75 and over	12.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northbrook	Streamwood
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	39.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	16.5%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northbrook	Streamwood
No high school diploma	2.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	9.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northbrook	Streamwood
Drove alone	56.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	9.7%
Public transit	7.0%	1.5%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	27.4%	10.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northbrook	Streamwood
1-unit, detached	66.5%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	15.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Northbrook	Streamwood
Poverty rate	4.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1975	1981