NorthbrookOH
A town of 10,742.
Is Northbrook a good place to live?
Northbrook is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 779th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $67K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 76% of the country. A typical home there costs about $157K, 1.9 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Only 58 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. 12% of residents are 65 or older in Northbrook, against 20% in Ohio’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Northbrook Civic Association Playfield, at 21 acres.
What makes Northbrook stand out
Where Northbrook beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Northbrook for work
Where Northbrook’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Northbrook grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Northbrook is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kings Island and 53 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Northbrook. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
9 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
8 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year
10 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto credits
Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Northbrook: who provides what
Northbrook is unincorporated, so Hamilton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Northbrook.
Northbrook’s grade for health is a C−
42% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Northbrook. Northbrook beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 21% of adults worry about having enough food in Northbrook.
| Northbrook | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Northbrook | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7% | 8.7% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 17% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Northbrook’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Northbrook for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Northbrook grew to 1,666 in 2023, 253 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Cincinnati (24%), West Chester Township (5%) and Blue Ash (4%).
| Northbrook | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Northbrook faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by tornadoes
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Northbrook since 1993.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Northbrook, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Northbrook has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Northbrook has set aside 3.3% of its land for conservation
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Northbrook | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Northbrook Civic Association Playfield | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Northbrook sell for about $170K
At 1.9 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 95% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. 68.5% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 45.9% across Ohio.
Northbrook’s median rent is $1,555 a month.
| Northbrook | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,555 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Northbrook
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of Northbrook
About 3 of every 100 Northbrook residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Northbrook
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Northbrook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,912 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 830 ft
Northbrook’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Northbrook.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northbrook | #779 | C | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Groesbeck | #468 | B | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Skyline Acres | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Colerain Township | #616 | B− | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Springfield Township | #814 | C | C+ | B− | C | C |
| Northgate | #439 | B | B | — | C+ | C |
Skyline Acres has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Northbrook, Groesbeck, Skyline Acres and Northgate report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Northbrook with a neighbor →
Questions about Northbrook
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Northbrook, OH a good place to live?
Northbrook grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #779 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Northbrook, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $157,000, 36% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.