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10,742people live here $67,426median household income▼ 16% below US $1,555median rent per month▲ 10% above US $157,400median home value▼ 53% below US

Northbrook is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, OH. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Northbrook

Northbrook is an unincorporated community in Ohio with home prices that remain within reach. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Northbrook deals with household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, college degree attainment below the national average, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Affordable home prices

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
High rent burden for renters
Cold winters

How Northbrook compares

Median household income

Northbrook$67,426

Ohio avg$71,389

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Northbrook$1,555

Ohio avg$1,034

US$1,413

Median home value

Northbrook$157,400

Ohio avg$214,800

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Northbrook

Based on Northbrook's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,110

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $62,200 a year
60% of Northbrook renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$31,480

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $15,740
Homes cost 2.3× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 10% above US

$1,555/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,555 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $157,400. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $157,400 · 60% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.6% county unemployment

Unemployment in Hamilton County is 4.6%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Hamilton County (county-wide)

Safety

180 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Northbrook doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Colerain Township Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1701/100k · Policed by Colerain Township Police Department (township-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▼ 11% below US

23 min average commute

Commutes are reasonable, averaging 23.2 minutes. Nothing heroic, and there's still time left over for a life after work. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 9% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

76%

Carpool

13%

Work from home

8.5%

Public transit

1.1%

Other

1.0%

Walk

0.3%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 84°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 25°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 41% below US

21% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 21%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

2 public schools inside the boundary

There are 2 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is William Howard Taft National Historic Site (10 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Northbrook's strongest point is home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,555/mo) equals 28% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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