Barrington vs Worth

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

Barrington and Worth 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 10,731 in Worth). Barrington has the higher median household income ($150,714 vs $56,998 in Worth). Barrington has the higher median home value ($580,900 vs $220,200 in Worth).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington	Worth
Population	11,049	10,731
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$150,714	$56,998
Median home value	$580,900	$220,200
Median gross rent	$1,886	$1,164
Housing units	4,406	4,558
Homeownership rate	79.2%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington	Worth
Population	10,290 → 11,049 (+7.4%)	10,633 → 10,731 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$117,931 → $150,714 (+27.8%)	$60,516 → $56,998 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$483,400 → $580,900 (+20.2%)	$171,200 → $220,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,886 (+27.0%)	$975 → $1,164 (+19.4%)

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

Worth

Population

10,63310,731

Median household income

$60,516$56,998

Median home value

$171,200$220,200

Median gross rent

$975$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrington	Worth
Under 5	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	24.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.2%
75 and over	10.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington	Worth
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington	Worth
No high school diploma	3.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	6.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	46.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington	Worth
Drove alone	56.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.2%
Public transit	6.7%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	31.9%	8.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington	Worth
1-unit, detached	69.2%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	30.6%
20 or more units	14.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrington	Worth
Poverty rate	4.8%	21.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1973	1967