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Around Brookfield
Distances
Nearest major airport
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)6 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
Chicago, IL9 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Brookfield; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Brookfield had 19,476 residents in the 2020 census, up 2% since 2000.
It’s the 128th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Cook County grew from 1,838,735 residents in 1900 to 5,275,541 in 2020.
Cook County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 85°F in summer, and winter lows average 19°F. About 34.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Midway Ap, IL weather station (6 miles away).
Jobs in Cook County
2,492,328 jobs at 134,513 businesses in Cook County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
62 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Brookfield.
Nearest hospitals
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La GrangeGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 5 of 5 · La Grange2.8 miles
Hines Va Medical CenterVA hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Hines2.9 miles
Macneal HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Berwyn3.0 miles
Providers with an office here
Primary care doctors
2
Specialist doctors
2
Dentists
11
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
10
Mental health providers
25
Physical and occupational therapists
7
Optometrists
1
Chiropractors
4
Pharmacies
1
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Brookfield
Parks (20 nearby)
Ehlert Park · 35 acres0.8 mi
Kiwanis Park · 21 acres0.5 mi
Gordon Park · 16 acres0.9 mi
Veterans Park · 13 acres1.2 mi
Memorial Park · 7 acres1.1 mi
Smith Park · 5 acres1.4 mi
Grocery stores (7 nearby)
Tischler's Fine Foods0.5 mi
Jewel-Osco1.0 mi
Aldi1.0 mi
The Dinner Club1.1 mi
Pharmacies (1 nearby)
Walgreens1.1 mi
Libraries (3 nearby)
Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library0.3 mi
La Grange Park Public Library1.2 mi
La Grange Public Library1.3 mi
Museums (2 nearby)
Brookfield Historical Society0.4 mi
La Grange Park Fire History Museum1.2 mi
Theaters and performance venues (3 nearby)
Kiwanis Park Amphitheatre0.5 mi
Memorial Park Amphitheater1.1 mi
The Nature Stage1.1 mi
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Wikidata (wikidata.org), the free knowledge base; people are listed by place of birth.
Schools in Brookfield
Public schools here are run by Riverside SD 96, Lyons SD 103, La Grange SD 102 and others. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(4)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Hollywood Elem SchoolBrookfield
Pre-K–5
114
Public
0.9 mi
Lincoln Elem SchoolBrookfield
Pre-K–5
366
Public
0.7 mi
Congress Park Elem SchoolBrookfield
K–6
419
Public
0.7 mi
S E Gross Middle SchoolBrookfield
6–8
498
Public
0.3 mi
Private schools(2)
School
Grades
Students
Affiliation
Distance
Montessori Childrens CommunityBrookfield
Pre-K–K
6
Nonsectarian
0.5 mi
St Paul Lutheran SchoolBrookfield
Pre-K–8
30
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
0.1 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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