Barrington vs Summit

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

Barrington and Summit 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 10,896 in Summit). Barrington has the higher median household income ($150,714 vs $60,417 in Summit). Barrington has the higher median home value ($580,900 vs $224,800 in Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington	Summit
Population	11,049	10,896
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$150,714	$60,417
Median home value	$580,900	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,886	$1,012
Housing units	4,406	3,934
Homeownership rate	79.2%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.6%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington	Summit
Population	10,290 → 11,049 (+7.4%)	11,260 → 10,896 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$117,931 → $150,714 (+27.8%)	$47,377 → $60,417 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$483,400 → $580,900 (+20.2%)	$170,800 → $224,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,886 (+27.0%)	$874 → $1,012 (+15.8%)

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

Summit

Population

11,26010,896

Median household income

$47,377$60,417

Median home value

$170,800$224,800

Median gross rent

$874$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrington	Summit
Under 5	4.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	24.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.2%
75 and over	10.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	12.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	75.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington	Summit
No high school diploma	3.9%	32.0%
High school graduate	6.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	46.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington	Summit
Drove alone	56.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	18.1%
Public transit	6.7%	9.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	31.9%	3.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington	Summit
1-unit, detached	69.2%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	14.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Barrington	Summit
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.0%
Average household size	2.58	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1973	1958