Brookfield, IL has a population of 18,966 people with a median age of 39.2 and a median household income of $75,336. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Brookfield, IL grew from 18,964 to 18,966, a 0.01% increase and its median household income grew from $74,875 to $75,336, a 0.62% increase.
The population of Brookfield, IL is 74.1% White, 19.2% Hispanic, and 4.69% Black. 17.9% of the people in Brookfield, IL speak a non-English language, and 97% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Brookfield, IL are Northwestern University, with 9,543 graduates, University of Illinois at Chicago, with 7,070 graduates, and DePaul University, with 6,531 graduates.
The median property value in Brookfield, IL is $227,400, and the homeownership rate is 75.5%. Most people in Brookfield, IL commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 29.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Brookfield, IL is 2 cars per household.
Brookfield, IL is a census place located in Cook County, IL. It borders La Grange, IL; La Grange Park, IL; Lyons, IL; McCook, IL; North Riverside, IL; and Riverside, IL& 1 more.
The economy of Brookfield, IL employs 9,431 people. The economy of Brookfield, IL is specialized in Transportation & Warehousing; Arts, Entertainment, Recreation; and Wholesale trade, which employ respectively 1.73; 1.51; and 1.33 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Brookfield, IL are Healthcare & Social Assistance (1,352), Educational Services (1,099), and Manufacturing (909), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($74,440), Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($59,864), and Educational Services ($49,343).
Median household income in Brookfield, IL is $75,336. Males in Brookfield, IL have an average income that is 1.36 times higher than the average income of females, which is $52,320. The income inequality of Brookfield, IL (measured using the Gini index) is 0.488 which is higher than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Brookfield, IL. In Cook County, IL the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 25-34, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 94 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,353. St. Clair County, IL has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Illinois.
Brookfield, IL is home to a population of 18,966 people, from which 97% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Brookfield, IL is composed of 14,060 White residents (74.1%), 3,643 Hispanic residents (19.2%), 890 Black residents (4.69%), 207 Asian residents (1.09%), and 88 Two+ residents (0.46%). The most common foreign languages in Brookfield, IL are Spanish (1,915 speakers), Serbo-Croatian (202 speakers), and Italian (194 speakers), but compared to other places, Brookfield, IL has a relative high number of Serbo-Croatian (202 speakers), Other Slavic (112 speakers), and Italian (194 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area awarded 153,195 degrees. The student population of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area is skewed towards females, with 63,222 male students and 89,973 female students. Most students in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area are White (77,048 and 50.3%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (21,948 and 14.3%), Black or African American (21,442 and 14%), and Asian (10,108 and 6.6%). The largest universities in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area by number of graduates are Northwestern University (9,543 and 6.23%), University of Illinois at Chicago (7,070 and 4.62%), and DePaul University (6,531 and 4.26%). The most popular majors in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area are Registered Nursing (8,001 and 5.22%), General Business Administration & Management (3,250 and 2.12%), and General Psychology (2,963 and 1.93%). The median tuition costs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area are $35,250 for private four year colleges, and $8,160 and $18,088 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Brookfield, IL is $227,400, which is 1.11 times larger than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $226,200 to $227,400, a 0.53% increase. The homeownership rate of Brookfield, IL is 75.5%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Brookfield, IL have an average commute time of 29.5 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Brookfield, IL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.