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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-BARRINGTON-HILLS-IL · Barrington Hills, IL 3,923 pop · income 97th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Barrington Hills
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Barrington Hills on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
St. James · lowest
50,644
St. James · lowest
50,644 median HH income
20.8% of the leader · rank #1
Medfield · near
186,625
Medfield · near
186,625 median HH income
76.8% of the leader · rank #2
Thornwood · near
186,635
Thornwood · near
186,635 median HH income
76.8% of the leader · rank #3
Barrington Hi… · this city
186,667
Barrington Hi… · this city
186,667 median HH income
76.8% of the leader · rank #4
Roslyn Heights · near
186,696
Roslyn Heights · near
186,696 median HH income
76.8% of the leader · rank #5
Woodmore · near
186,713
Woodmore · near
186,713 median HH income
76.8% of the leader · rank #6
Riverwoods · highest
243,036
Riverwoods · highest
243,036 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Barrington Hills on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,923.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Barrington Hills - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Barrington Hills places in the 97th percentile for household income and the 90th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
97th
percentile, household income
94th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
90th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Barrington Hills, IL
Illinois's Barrington Hills is a small town, with 3,923 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $186,667 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.8%. Barrington Hills's housing stock carries a median value of $781,600, and the median resident age is 43.8 years. Educational attainment runs 70.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 57.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 8 residential building permits were authorized in Barrington Hills (Building Boom), up 60% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Barrington Hills reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 375.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Illinois scores 100.0 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,063 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Illinois run around $240, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 54.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Barrington Hills's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change to housing and income to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Barrington Hills, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Barrington Hills?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Dupo (3,914 residents, $57,899 income); South Chicago Heights (3,934 residents, $56,250 income); Burnham (3,978 residents, $55,708 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Pembroke, MA (3,924 residents); St. James, MO (3,922 residents); Rockwell, AR (3,921 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Barrington Hills?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Is Barrington Hills growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -14 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 8 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
How far does income reach against housing in Barrington Hills?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Barrington Hills?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 375.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 84% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
375.7
Violent rate
50.1
Property rate
325.6
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Top-decile income · poverty 5.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
B+
City profile score · Barrington Hills, IL
77/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$186,667
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
70.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A-
50 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C+
5.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Barrington Hills profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $186,667
Bachelor's+ share: 98/100 (A+) · 70.6%
Violent crime: 84/100 (A-) · 50 /100k
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.8%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Barrington Hills sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Barrington Hills's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Barrington Hills highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Barrington Hills, IL (this city): home $781,600, crime 376/100k
St. James, MO : home $117,200, crime 2,309/100k
Del Mar, CA : home $2,000,000+, crime 1,562/100k
Cisco, TX : home $105,500, crime 866/100k
Dupo, IL : home $109,000, crime 1,485/100k
South Chicago Heights, IL : home $136,000, crime 3,519/100k
Marshall, IL : home $118,500, crime 1,375/100k
Riverwoods, IL : home $796,100, crime 645/100k
Indian Head Park, IL : home $337,700, crime 312/100k
How does Barrington Hills compare to other US cities?
Barrington Hills measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income97% higher than other cities
Home value94% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety90% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Illinois, Barrington Hills ranks #78 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Barrington Hills against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Barrington Hills near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Barrington Hills ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Barrington Hills only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#24 of 1,311
98th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#13 of 1,315
99th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#778 of 1,335
41st percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#35 of 1,336
97th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
97th percentile nationally for median household income · 90th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Barrington Hills's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Barrington Hills's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Barrington Hills's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$781,6006th percentilemore affordable than 6% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,210 of 15,516
More affordable than 28% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,694 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2×, Barrington Hills sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,210 of 15,516 and #8,694 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$186,667Barrington Hills, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Barrington Hills, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Barrington Hills, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)70.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,923
Median Income
$186,667
Median Home Value
$781,600
Median Age
43.8
Poverty Rate
5.8%
Labor force participation
57.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
70.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
375.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
50.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
325.6
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Barrington Hills's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,100 residents
2021
4,067 residents
2022
4,033 residents
2023
4,050 residents
2024
4,080 residents
2025
4,086 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
8
housing units authorized
Single-Family
8
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
5
5
0
$3.1M
2020
4
4
0
$2.3M
2021
3
3
0
$6.2M
2022
12
12
0
$14.0M
2023
7
7
0
$15.6M
2024
8
8
0
$2.8M
Permit volume increased 60% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.8%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
5.8%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
20.2%
Other
4.8%
Based on 1,717 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Barrington Hills. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Barrington Hills is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Barrington Hills sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Barrington Hills compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.