North BarringtonIL
A town of 3,125.
Is North Barrington a good place to live?
Few places in the country grade higher. North Barrington earns an A, ranked 83rd of 767 in Illinois. It is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns, the median household earns $226K, and its schools outperform 92% of the state's. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $860K for a typical one and 9.5 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 77% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in North Barrington, against 29% in Illinois’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 118 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. North Barrington is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
What makes North Barrington stand out
Where North Barrington beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave North Barrington for work
Where North Barrington’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How North Barrington grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far North Barrington is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Wrigley Field and 145 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Barrington. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw15 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
19 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaUnited CenterPhoto credits
Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · 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
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Moving to North Barrington: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in North 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 North Barrington.
North Barrington has less food insecurity than most of Illinois, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Illinois and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
North Barrington stands out in Illinois and nationally: the median rent there is higher
At 9.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $860K) costs more against local pay than in 98% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Deer Park is next at $776K.
The median rent in North Barrington is $2,679 a month. Typical home values rose 8.2% in the year to September 2026. 98% of households own their home in North Barrington.
| North Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,679 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 98% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 2.6% of North Barrington
6.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. North Barrington’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Grassy Lake Forest Preserve, at 219 acres.
| North Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grassy Lake Forest Preserve | — | 219 |
| 2. Eton Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, fewer of North Barrington’s adults feel lonely
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 6% of its 2,453 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 637 U.S. towns with household incomes like North Barrington’s, it is less healthy than 69%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
27% of North Barrington adults feel lonely. North Barrington beats the Illinois average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 12% of North Barrington adults report frequent mental distress.
| North Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | North Barrington | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.9% | 10.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of North Barrington’s workers commute out
Jobs based here fell from 1,879 in 2013 to 842.
Most working residents leave North Barrington for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in North Barrington fell to 842 in 2023, 1,037 fewer than in 2013. Only 8 of the 768 Illinois towns we compare have a higher median household income than North Barrington.
| North Barrington | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $226,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 23% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in North Barrington, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 2013, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Barrington.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In North Barrington, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
North Barrington has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 15° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about North Barrington
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of North Barrington
About 6 of every 100 North Barrington residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About North Barrington
Village in Illinois, United States
North Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,171.
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- Area
- 4.9 sq mi
North Barrington’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with North Barrington.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Barrington | #83 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Lake Barrington | #299 | B+ | D− | — | A | A |
| Lake Zurich | #106 | A | D | B | A | A+ |
| Deer Park | #62 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Cuba Township | #171 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Ela Township | #34 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A+ |
North Barrington, Lake Barrington, Deer Park, Cuba Township and Ela Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare North Barrington with a neighbor →
Questions about North Barrington
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is North Barrington, IL a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. North Barrington grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #83 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is North 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.