Barrington Hills vs Hometown

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

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

Hometown has the higher population (4,244 vs 3,923 in Barrington Hills). Barrington Hills has the higher median household income ($186,667 vs $59,265 in Hometown). Barrington Hills has the higher median home value ($781,600 vs $152,000 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
Population	3,923	4,244
Median age	43.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$186,667	$59,265
Median home value	$781,600	$152,000
Median gross rent	$3,241	$812
Housing units	1,519	1,916
Homeownership rate	91.6%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
Population	4,070 → 3,923 (-3.6%)	4,272 → 4,244 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$178,162 → $186,667 (+4.8%)	$50,548 → $59,265 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$773,000 → $781,600 (+1.1%)	$117,100 → $152,000 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,533 → $3,241 (+28.0%)	$451 → $812 (+80.0%)

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

Hometown

Population

4,2724,244

Median household income

$50,548$59,265

Median home value

$117,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$451$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
Under 5	3.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	4.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.4%
75 and over	7.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	62.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	32.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
No high school diploma	0.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	6.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
Drove alone	64.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.5%
Public transit	5.8%	8.6%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	6.0%
Other means	4.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
1-unit, detached	98.7%	11.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	65.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrington Hills	Hometown
Poverty rate	7.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.97	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1974	1955