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The median home value in Brookfield, IL is $362,408 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.83% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$362,408
Year-over-Year
+7.83%
Population
18,330
Brookfield ranks #101 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.6% above the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Cook County, where the county-wide median is $344,339.
Median household income in Brookfield is $110,295, so the typical home value is about 3.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Brookfield police recorded a violent crime rate of 93 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 644 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Brookfield, that value is $362,408. That's up 7.83% from a year earlier. It is about 13.6% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Brookfield are more expensive than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $344,339 — a difference of about 5.2%.
Median household income here is $110,295, so the typical home value is about 3.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Brookfield police reported 93 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 18,330. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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