Highwood vs Lake Barrington

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

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

Lake Barrington has the higher population (5,400 vs 5,243 in Highwood). Lake Barrington has the higher median household income ($132,857 vs $101,862 in Highwood). Highwood has the higher median home value ($454,500 vs $451,400 in Lake Barrington).

Population, income & housing

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
Population	5,243	5,400
Median age	35.9 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,862	$132,857
Median home value	$454,500	$451,400
Median gross rent	$1,800	$3,060
Housing units	1,969	2,427
Homeownership rate	49.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
Population	5,310 → 5,243 (-1.3%)	5,117 → 5,400 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$63,388 → $101,862 (+60.7%)	$110,972 → $132,857 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$354,800 → $454,500 (+28.1%)	$379,700 → $451,400 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,800 (+39.9%)	$1,389 → $3,060 (+120.3%)

Highwood

Population

5,3105,243

Median household income

$63,388$101,862

Median home value

$354,800$454,500

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,800

Lake Barrington

Population

5,1175,400

Median household income

$110,972$132,857

Median home value

$379,700$451,400

Median gross rent

$1,389$3,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.6%
75 and over	5.1%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	87.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
No high school diploma	20.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	18.7%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
Drove alone	62.9%	72.2%
Carpooled	17.7%	1.9%
Public transit	4.6%	1.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
1-unit, detached	43.8%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	27.8%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	12.5%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Highwood	Lake Barrington
Poverty rate	15.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1958	1985