Harmon vs West Brooklyn

A side-by-side comparison of Harmon and West Brooklyn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Brooklyn has the higher population (169 vs 81 in Harmon). West Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $57,083 in Harmon). Harmon has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $109,800 in West Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
Population	81	169
Median age	52.7 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$76,250
Median home value	$112,500	$109,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,313
Housing units	41	63
Homeownership rate	91.2%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
Population	128 → 81 (-36.7%)	146 → 169 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $57,083 (+38.4%)	$54,167 → $76,250 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $112,500 (+33.3%)	$95,300 → $109,800 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,156 → $1,313 (+13.6%)

Harmon

Population

12881

Median household income

$41,250$57,083

Median home value

$84,400$112,500

West Brooklyn

Population

146169

Median household income

$54,167$76,250

Median home value

$95,300$109,800

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
Under 5	4.9%	13.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	32.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.8%
25 to 34	3.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	23.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.3%
75 and over	13.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
No high school diploma	4.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	70.3%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
Drove alone	94.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
1-unit, detached	97.6%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harmon	West Brooklyn
Poverty rate	12.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.38	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	46
Median year structure built	1946	1938