Barrington Hills vs South Chicago Heights

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

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

South Chicago Heights has the higher population (3,934 vs 3,923 in Barrington Hills). Barrington Hills has the higher median household income ($186,667 vs $56,250 in South Chicago Heights). Barrington Hills has the higher median home value ($781,600 vs $136,000 in South Chicago Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
Population	3,923	3,934
Median age	43.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$186,667	$56,250
Median home value	$781,600	$136,000
Median gross rent	$3,241	$1,105
Housing units	1,519	1,703
Homeownership rate	91.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
Population	4,070 → 3,923 (-3.6%)	4,076 → 3,934 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$178,162 → $186,667 (+4.8%)	$41,138 → $56,250 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$773,000 → $781,600 (+1.1%)	$103,200 → $136,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,533 → $3,241 (+28.0%)	$1,046 → $1,105 (+5.6%)

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

South Chicago Heights

Population

4,0763,934

Median household income

$41,138$56,250

Median home value

$103,200$136,000

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
Under 5	3.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	12.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	4.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.8%
75 and over	7.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	29.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
No high school diploma	0.2%	18.5%
High school graduate	6.9%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
Drove alone	64.8%	63.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	18.3%
Public transit	5.8%	5.7%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.2%	3.4%
Other means	4.9%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
1-unit, detached	98.7%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Barrington Hills	South Chicago Heights
Poverty rate	7.9%	23.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1974	1965