Found within zip codes: 60062
Popular real estate near Northbrook, IL (County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd)
County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd median real estate prices are $400,508, which is more expensive than 94.6% of the neighborhoods in Illinois and 88.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
Average rental prices in County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd are currently $1,363, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in Illinois.
County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Northbrook, Illinois.
County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd are 6.3%, which is lower than one will find in 62.7% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood CharacteristicsMany things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Northbrook, the County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Notable & Unique: DiversityDid you know that the County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood has more Russian and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Russian ancestry and 1.8% have Eastern European ancestry.
County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Notable & Unique: PeopleIf you are planning to retire in Illinois, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Illinois, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.1% of neighborhoods in IL. If a Illinois retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates and highly educated executives.
The Neighbors The Neighbors: IncomeThere are two complimentary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood in Northbrook are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 78.1% of America's neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: OccupationsA neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the shear diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood, 51.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.9%), and 9.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / AncestryBoston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today. In the County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood in Northbrook, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.0%). There are also a number of people of Russian ancestry (9.2%) , and residents who report Irish roots (9.0%) , and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (7.8%) , along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.3%), among others. In addition, 15.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
The Neighbors: LanguagesThe languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Russian, Korean, Chinese and Greek.
Getting to WorkEven if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (5.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $400,508 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | Very high cost relative to IL, very high cost relative to the nation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER | DETAILS |
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Single-family homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Rowhouses & attached homes and a few Small apartment buildings |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms) and a few Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1999) and some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOMEOWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | Mostly Urban Sophisticates, Quiet and Hip & Trendy |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | Mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children) and some Mixed ages |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 9 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | Mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers and some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY | Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some East Asian, some Hispanic, some Black, some Italian ancestry and some Mexican |
| LANGUAGES | Mostly English speaking and some Russian speaking |
| SCHOOLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD * | GRADES |
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MEADOWBROOK ELEM SCHOOL
1600 WALTERS AVE, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062 (847) 498-7940 |
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NORTH SHORE ACADEMY ELEM
255 REVERE DR, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062 (847) 291-7905 |
KG-06 |
* Depending on where you live in this neighborhood, your children may attend these schools or other schools outside the neighborhood. Always check with your local school department to determine which schools your children may attend based on your specific address and your child's grade-level.
This neighborhood is served by two 2 districts.
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 75.4 | 51.3 |
| BLACK (%) | 0.9 | 18.4 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 5.5 | 22.9 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 15.4 | 4.1 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 44.1 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $10,156 | $48,779,000 | 38.1 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $1,936 | $9,299,000 | 7.3 |
| STAFF | $813 | $3,903,000 | 3.0 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $493 | $2,370,000 | 1.8 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $1,365 | $6,558,000 | 5.1 |
| OPERATION | $1,952 | $9,377,000 | 7.3 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $479 | $2,303,000 | 1.8 |
| OTHER | $1,092 | $5,246,000 | 4.1 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $8,132 | $39,056,000 | 30.5 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $8,393 | $40,311,000 | 31.5 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $26,680 | $128,146,000 | 100.0 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT | |
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| ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 53.8 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 3.2 |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 85.3 | 51.3 |
| BLACK (%) | 0.5 | 18.4 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 3.4 | 22.9 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 7.8 | 4.1 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 0.0 | 44.1 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $10,425 | $17,827,000 | 56.0 |
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| STUDENT | $886 | $1,515,000 | 4.8 |
| STAFF | $659 | $1,127,000 | 3.5 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $530 | $906,000 | 2.8 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $1,025 | $1,752,000 | 5.5 |
| OPERATION | $1,437 | $2,457,000 | 7.7 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $345 | $590,000 | 1.9 |
| OTHER | $418 | $714,000 | 2.2 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $5,299 | $9,061,000 | 28.4 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,906 | $4,970,000 | 15.6 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $18,630 | $31,858,000 | 100.0 |
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| ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 53.8 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 3.2 |
| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO IL* | COMPARED TO AMERICA* |
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| SINCE 1990 | 83.77% | 2.68% | 4 | 4 |
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County Line Rd / Waukegan Rd neighborhood appreciation rates are for subscribers only. Northbrook, IL appreciation rates (city-wide averages) are open to all visitors.
National Median 3.9
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in Northbrook 1 in 2776
in Illinois 1 in 233
National Median 29.1
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in Northbrook 1 in 71
in Illinois 1 in 37
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