Barrington Hills vs Burnham

A side-by-side comparison of Barrington Hills and Burnham: population, income, housing, and more.

Barrington Hills and Burnham are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burnham has the higher population (3,978 vs 3,923 in Barrington Hills). Barrington Hills has the higher median household income ($186,667 vs $55,708 in Burnham). Barrington Hills has the higher median home value ($781,600 vs $146,400 in Burnham).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
Population	3,923	3,978
Median age	43.8 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$186,667	$55,708
Median home value	$781,600	$146,400
Median gross rent	$3,241	$1,183
Housing units	1,519	1,633
Homeownership rate	91.6%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
Population	4,070 → 3,923 (-3.6%)	4,158 → 3,978 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$178,162 → $186,667 (+4.8%)	$46,394 → $55,708 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$773,000 → $781,600 (+1.1%)	$96,400 → $146,400 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,533 → $3,241 (+28.0%)	$930 → $1,183 (+27.2%)

Barrington Hills

Population

4,0703,923

Median household income

$178,162$186,667

Median home value

$773,000$781,600

Median gross rent

$2,533$3,241

Burnham

Population

4,1583,978

Median household income

$46,394$55,708

Median home value

$96,400$146,400

Median gross rent

$930$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
Under 5	3.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	12.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.1%
75 and over	7.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	10.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	60.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
No high school diploma	0.2%	16.0%
High school graduate	6.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
Drove alone	64.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.9%
Public transit	5.8%	9.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	12.8%
Other means	4.9%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
1-unit, detached	98.7%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Barrington Hills	Burnham
Poverty rate	7.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.97	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1974	1970