Lake BarringtonIL
A town of 5,130, settled in 1960.
Is Lake Barrington a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lake Barrington grades B+ overall, 299th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country and its schools outperform 90% of the state's. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $552K for a typical one and 6.1 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 33% of residents are 65 or older in Lake Barrington, above both Illinois’ towns (19%) and U.S. towns (18%). On history, just 1 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Grassy Lake Forest Preserve, at 346 acres.
What makes Lake Barrington stand out
Where Lake Barrington beats most towns.
How Lake Barrington grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lake Barrington is from typical.
Its grades run from A for health (better than 91% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 2%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Wrigley Field and 134 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Barrington. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw16 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
20 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate ArenaPhoto credits
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Moving to Lake Barrington: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Barrington, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Barrington.
Lake Barrington trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Illinois.
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, the median rent in Lake Barrington is higher
At 6.1 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $552K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $9,110, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Lake Barrington’s median rent is $3,501 a month. Typical home values rose 7.6% in the year to September 2026. 89% of Lake Barrington households own their home.
| Lake Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 89% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fewer of Lake Barrington’s adults report frequent mental distress than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Against the 3,406 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Barrington’s, it is healthier than 67%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
11% of adults report frequent mental distress in Lake Barrington. Only 1 of the 767 Illinois towns we compare have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Lake Barrington. 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Lake Barrington.
| Lake Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lake Barrington | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.8% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.1% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Lake Barrington
Lake Barrington has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Lake Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.5% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grassy Lake Forest Preserve | — | 346 |
| 2. Fox River Forest Preserve | — | 206 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents commute out of Lake Barrington
Lake Barrington has about as many jobs (2,153) as working residents, but only 36 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Lake Barrington for work: only 2% work in town. The median household income in Lake Barrington is $142,000. Jobs based in Lake Barrington grew to 2,153 in 2023, 397 more than in 2013.
| Lake Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $142,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 22% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Lake Barrington, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1986, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lake Barrington.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Lake Barrington
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Barrington
About 5 of every 100 Lake Barrington residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Lake Barrington
Village in Illinois, United States
Lake Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,100.
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- Area
- 6.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 781 ft
Lake Barrington’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Lake Barrington.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B+; Wauconda (A) is closest. Wauconda next door grades lower for schools (B to Lake Barrington’s A) and higher for cost of living (C+ to D−).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Barrington | #299 | B+ | D− | — | A | A |
| North Barrington | #83 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Fox River Grove | #73 | A | C− | A | A− | A |
| Tower Lakes | — | — | C− | A+ | A | A+ |
| Port Barrington | — | — | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Barrington Hills | #77 | A | D− | A | A | A |
| Wauconda | #95 | A | C+ | A+ | B | A− |
Tower Lakes and Port Barrington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lake Barrington, North Barrington and Port Barrington report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lake Barrington with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Barrington
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Barrington, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lake Barrington grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #299 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Lake Barrington, IL expensive?
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−.