Northbrook vs Reading

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

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

Northbrook has the higher population (10,741 vs 10,490 in Reading). Northbrook has the higher median household income ($63,486 vs $60,167 in Reading). Reading has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $134,800 in Northbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Northbrook	Reading
Population	10,741	10,490
Median age	37.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,486	$60,167
Median home value	$134,800	$184,200
Median gross rent	$1,279	$871
Housing units	4,467	5,110
Homeownership rate	73.1%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northbrook	Reading
Population	10,684 → 10,741 (+0.5%)	10,353 → 10,490 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$48,842 → $63,486 (+30.0%)	$56,137 → $60,167 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $134,800 (+66.8%)	$129,400 → $184,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,279 (+28.5%)	$726 → $871 (+20.0%)

Northbrook

Population

10,68410,741

Median household income

$48,842$63,486

Median home value

$80,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$995$1,279

Reading

Population

10,35310,490

Median household income

$56,137$60,167

Median home value

$129,400$184,200

Median gross rent

$726$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northbrook	Reading
Under 5	6.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	18.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.7%
75 and over	6.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northbrook	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	82.1%
Black or African American	41.8%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northbrook	Reading
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northbrook	Reading
Drove alone	74.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	14.0%	5.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	16.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northbrook	Reading
1-unit, detached	72.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northbrook	Reading
Poverty rate	12.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1968	1955