Northbrook, IL real estate and demographic information

About Northbrook

Northbrook is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 33,311 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Northbrook is the 55th largest community in Illinois.

Northbrook home prices are not only among the most expensive in Illinois, but Northbrook real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Northbrook is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 92.51% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Northbrook is a village of professionals, sales and office workers and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Northbrook who work in sales jobs (17.33%), management occupations (16.92%) and office and administrative support (10.66%).

Also of interest is that Northbrook has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.97% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Northbrook is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Northbrook is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Northbrook really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Northbrook perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

For the size of the village, public transportation in Northbrook is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Northbrook, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Northbrook Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Northbrook. 65.54% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Northbrook in 2010 was $57,619, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $230,476 for a family of four.

Northbrook is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Northbrook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Northbrook residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Northbrook include Russian, German, Irish, Polish, English and Italian.

In addition, Northbrook has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.19%).

The languages spoken by people in Northbrook are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Northbrook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean, Russian, Greek and Spanish.