Northfield vs South Barrington

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

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

Northfield has the higher population (5,683 vs 5,004 in South Barrington). South Barrington has the higher median household income ($211,083 vs $180,492 in Northfield). South Barrington has the higher median home value ($986,300 vs $807,700 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	South Barrington
Population	5,683	5,004
Median age	50.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$180,492	$211,083
Median home value	$807,700	$986,300
Median gross rent	$2,917	$1,917
Housing units	2,492	1,713
Homeownership rate	91.7%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.7%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	South Barrington
Population	5,534 → 5,683 (+2.7%)	4,923 → 5,004 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$148,077 → $180,492 (+21.9%)	$138,828 → $211,083 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$638,400 → $807,700 (+26.5%)	$802,200 → $986,300 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,083 → $2,917 (+40.0%)	—

Northfield

Population

5,5345,683

Median household income

$148,077$180,492

Median home value

$638,400$807,700

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,917

South Barrington

Population

4,9235,004

Median household income

$138,828$211,083

Median home value

$802,200$986,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northfield	South Barrington
Under 5	5.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	6.7%	2.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	20.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	15.7%
75 and over	11.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	South Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	50.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	45.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	South Barrington
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	2.1%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	41.0%	44.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	South Barrington
Drove alone	54.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.1%
Public transit	7.6%	3.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	18.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	South Barrington
1-unit, detached	73.2%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	South Barrington
Poverty rate	5.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1968	1994