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A town of 16,247, settled in 1845.
Because it does well by almost any measure. Barrington Township earns an A, 84th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 97% of the country, the median household earns $184K, and its schools outperform 88% of the state's. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $696K, 7.7 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 70% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Barrington Township, above both Illinois’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 42 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Barrington Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 86% of U.S. towns.
Where Barrington Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 410 in 1880, 10,722 in 2020. The archive holds 41 old photos and papers going back to 1898 and 6 maps from 1923 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Barrington Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for health (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 7%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Barrington Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw38 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
17 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaUnited CenterWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Barrington Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Barrington Township.
Barrington Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding), draws workers from Chicago and beyond and has less food insecurity than most of Illinois.
Barrington Township’s trail density is 2.0 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Spring Lake Forest Preserve, 1,987 acres with 32.3 miles of trail. 73 miles of trail in 24 parks and preserves.
| Barrington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.0 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.4% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spring Lake Forest Preserve | 32.3 mi | 1,987 |
| 2. Spring Lake Preserve | 20.2 mi | 1,914 |
| 3. Crabtree Preserve | 4.6 mi | 1,652 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $696K.
Its public schools are run by Barrington CUSD 220. Two of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Mdle Sch- Prairie CmpsLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 980 | A− |
| Barbara B Rose Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 403 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 7% of its 33,500 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 1,267 U.S. towns with household incomes like Barrington Township’s, it is healthier than 68%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
12% of Barrington Township adults report frequent mental distress. Barrington Township beats the Illinois average on 25 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 26% of Barrington Township adults have obesity.
| Barrington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Barrington Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.5% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
11,440 jobs are based in Barrington Township, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here fell from 16,459 in 2013 to 11,440.
5.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Barrington Township. Jobs based in Barrington Township fell to 11,440 in 2023, 5,019 fewer than in 2013. 22% of workers work from home in Barrington Township.
| Barrington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $184,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 22% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 95% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $599 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Barrington Township is 16 of 100. Since 2008, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Barrington Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Barrington Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 15° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
7 within 15 miles of the center of Barrington Township
About 4 of every 100 Barrington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
6.4% of the town is conserved land, across 24 parks and preserves.
Village in Illinois, United States
Barrington is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 10,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago area.
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7 towns share a border with Barrington Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Township | #84 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Palatine Township | #203 | A− | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Hanover Township | #444 | B | C− | — | C+ | A− |
| Hoffman Estates | #228 | A− | D | B | B+ | A |
| Dundee Township | #270 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| South Barrington | #41 | A+ | D | A− | A | A+ |
| Inverness | #28 | A+ | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Barrington | #16 | A+ | C− | A− | A | A+ |
Barrington Township, Palatine Township, Hanover Township and Dundee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Barrington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Barrington Township grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #84 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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