Brimfield vs Norwood

A side-by-side comparison of Brimfield and Norwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brimfield has the higher population (692 vs 501 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $61,417 in Brimfield). Brimfield has the higher median home value ($144,800 vs $93,500 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brimfield	Norwood
Population	692	501
Median age	44.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,417	$68,750
Median home value	$144,800	$93,500
Median gross rent	$847	$1,000
Housing units	339	217
Homeownership rate	78.5%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brimfield	Norwood
Population	853 → 692 (-18.9%)	483 → 501 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$65,917 → $61,417 (-6.8%)	$58,750 → $68,750 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $144,800 (+15.1%)	$98,900 → $93,500 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $847 (+16.8%)	$980 → $1,000 (+2.0%)

Brimfield

Population

853692

Median household income

$65,917$61,417

Median home value

$125,800$144,800

Median gross rent

$725$847

Norwood

Population

483501

Median household income

$58,750$68,750

Median home value

$98,900$93,500

Median gross rent

$980$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brimfield	Norwood
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	26.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	17.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	19.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.0%
75 and over	10.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brimfield	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	79.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brimfield	Norwood
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brimfield	Norwood
Drove alone	79.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	21.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brimfield	Norwood
1-unit, detached	79.1%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brimfield	Norwood
Poverty rate	9.5%	12.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1957	1957