Lake Barrington has higher household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 6.3% of residents; Illinois has 11.8%. Jobs and income earn Lake Barrington A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 2% stay in Lake Barrington for work; outside it, Chicago is the main destination (15%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lake Barrington apart on work
Lake Barrington trades workers with the towns around it
Lake Barrington has about as many jobs (2,117) as working residents (2,177), but they are mostly different people: 2,137 residents leave for work each day while 2,077 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Lake Barrington are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Barrington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lake Barrington is Chicago, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (329) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lake Barrington makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Lake Barrington are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lake Barrington residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Lake Barrington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Lake Barrington’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Barrington is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #238 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Lake Barrington’s grade up ($141,958, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Barrington could be anywhere from B to A+.
Lake Barrington by day and by night
On a workday 2,137 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 2,077 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Lake Barrington
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Lake Barrington, 45% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2,117 jobs are based in Lake Barrington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Barrington, 2014 → 2024: 1,764 → 2,117. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Lake Barrington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Barrington workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,772 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Lake Barrington: the destinations
Where Lake Barrington clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Lake Barrington is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Barrington is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #430 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,282 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.3% of Lake Barrington households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Lake Barrington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900, Lake Barrington comes 782nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 17 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 32 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 780 | Blue Township KS | 5,449 | $118K | 6.8% | 2.2% | 3% | A− |
| 781 | Belleair FL | 4,631 | $117K | 5.7% | 5.5% | 4% | A− |
| 782 | Lake Barrington IL | 5,130 | $142K | 6.3% | 5.9% | 2% | A− |
| 783 | Poplar Grove IL | 5,206 | $120K | 3.7% | 5.2% | 2% | A− |
| 784 | Morgan's Point Resort TX | 4,746 | $79K | 6.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lake Barrington, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Lake Barrington
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Barrington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Barrington | – | A− | B+ | 33 min | $141,958 |
| North Barrington | under 2% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $226,055 |
| Fox River Grove | under 2% | A | A | 33 min | $121,506 |
| Tower Lakes | under 2% | A+ | B | 35 min | $154,167 |
| Port Barrington | under 2% | A+ | B | 37 min | $149,886 |
| Barrington Hills | under 2% | A | A− | 30 min | $205,074 |
| Wauconda | under 2% | A− | B+ | 31 min | $111,239 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Barrington’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lake Barrington: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Barrington?
$141,958 (±$20,420) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Barrington?
6.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Barrington?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Barrington work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (15%, 36 mi), Barrington (5%, 5 mi), Schaumburg (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Barrington walkable?
Lake Barrington is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Barrington without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Barrington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Barrington
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.