Barrington vs Crestwood

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

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

Barrington has the higher population (11,049 vs 10,622 in Crestwood). Barrington has the higher median household income ($150,714 vs $68,686 in Crestwood). Barrington has the higher median home value ($580,900 vs $187,700 in Crestwood).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington	Crestwood
Population	11,049	10,622
Median age	43.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$150,714	$68,686
Median home value	$580,900	$187,700
Median gross rent	$1,886	$1,300
Housing units	4,406	5,348
Homeownership rate	79.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington	Crestwood
Population	10,290 → 11,049 (+7.4%)	10,831 → 10,622 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$117,931 → $150,714 (+27.8%)	$61,132 → $68,686 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$483,400 → $580,900 (+20.2%)	$154,300 → $187,700 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,886 (+27.0%)	$927 → $1,300 (+40.2%)

Barrington

Population

10,29011,049

Median household income

$117,931$150,714

Median home value

$483,400$580,900

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,886

Crestwood

Population

10,83110,622

Median household income

$61,132$68,686

Median home value

$154,300$187,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrington	Crestwood
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	18.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	15.0%
75 and over	10.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington	Crestwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	68.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington	Crestwood
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	6.5%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	46.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington	Crestwood
Drove alone	56.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	1.2%
Public transit	6.7%	5.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.9%	11.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington	Crestwood
1-unit, detached	69.2%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	49.4%
20 or more units	14.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrington	Crestwood
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.58	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1973	1975