City safety & data profile
NorthbrookOH
Northbrook, OH is a 11K-resident city in Hamilton County with a median household income of $67,426.
Hamilton County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Northbrook, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Northbrook has a population larger than 4% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $157,400.
Data updated 2026-09-03
- 11K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 5%
- By size
- $67,426
- Median income (place)
- $157,400
- Median home (place)
- 10.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Northbrook
Northbrook posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Bottom 34%
- by median income, US cities
Where Northbrook income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$67,426 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in OH
Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Columbus
Columbus, OH
913,175 residents
- Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
365,379 residents
- Cincinnati 311,097
Cincinnati, OH
311,097 residents
- Toledo 265,638
Toledo, OH
265,638 residents
- Akron 197,542
Akron, OH
197,542 residents
- Dayton 135,512
Dayton, OH
135,512 residents
- Parma 79,937
Parma, OH
79,937 residents
- Canton 71,885
Canton, OH
71,885 residents
- Youngstown 64,628
Youngstown, OH
64,628 residents
- Lorain 63,647
Lorain, OH
63,647 residents
What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.
Highest median incomes in OH
Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Powell
Powell, OH
$195,495 median
- Hudson
Hudson, OH
$171,427 median
- Dublin
Dublin, OH
$160,296 median
- Bexley
Bexley, OH
$157,841 median
- Upper Arling…
Upper Arlington, OH
$155,167 median
- Montgomery
Montgomery, OH
$150,995 median
- Solon
Solon, OH
$139,089 median
- Avon
Avon, OH
$135,915 median
- Brecksville
Brecksville, OH
$135,000 median
- Bay Village
Bay Village, OH
$132,254 median
What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Northbrook, OH beyond the headline numbers
Northbrook sits inside Hamilton County, Ohio, at roughly 39.25°N, -84.58°W. Population 10,668, $67,426 median household income. Median home value $157,400, median rent $1,555. Poverty rate 10.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
At 10.7%, poverty in Northbrook, OH runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Northbrook runs about 2.3 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 8.5% of Northbrook workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.4% in Northbrook, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Northbrook from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Hamilton County): Northbrook's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 10.7% -14% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 21.1% |
| Work From Home | 8.5% |
| Public Transit | 1.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Northbrook?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Northbrook right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OH-NORTHBROOK-OH · Northbrook
Northbrook: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Northbrook; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Northbrook, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (10.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($67,426 here).
Compare Northbrook with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Northbrook's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Northbrook area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Northbrook against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hamilton County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.