Barrington vs Markham

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

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

Markham has the higher population (11,434 vs 11,049 in Barrington). Barrington has the higher median household income ($150,714 vs $52,364 in Markham). Barrington has the higher median home value ($580,900 vs $119,500 in Markham).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington	Markham
Population	11,049	11,434
Median age	43.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$150,714	$52,364
Median home value	$580,900	$119,500
Median gross rent	$1,886	$1,689
Housing units	4,406	4,257
Homeownership rate	79.2%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.6%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington	Markham
Population	10,290 → 11,049 (+7.4%)	12,493 → 11,434 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$117,931 → $150,714 (+27.8%)	$43,011 → $52,364 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$483,400 → $580,900 (+20.2%)	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,886 (+27.0%)	$1,261 → $1,689 (+33.9%)

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

Markham

Population

12,49311,434

Median household income

$43,011$52,364

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrington	Markham
Under 5	4.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.5%
75 and over	10.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington	Markham
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	10.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	70.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	9.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington	Markham
No high school diploma	3.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	6.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	46.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington	Markham
Drove alone	56.1%	62.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	15.4%
Public transit	6.7%	7.7%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.9%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington	Markham
1-unit, detached	69.2%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrington	Markham
Poverty rate	4.8%	18.9%
Average household size	2.58	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1973	1963