Lake Barrington vs Lake Bluff

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

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

Lake Bluff has the higher population (5,834 vs 5,400 in Lake Barrington). Lake Bluff has the higher median household income ($205,735 vs $132,857 in Lake Barrington). Lake Bluff has the higher median home value ($739,400 vs $451,400 in Lake Barrington).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
Population	5,400	5,834
Median age	52.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,857	$205,735
Median home value	$451,400	$739,400
Median gross rent	$3,060	$1,826
Housing units	2,427	2,301
Homeownership rate	89.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.3%	81.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
Population	5,117 → 5,400 (+5.5%)	5,632 → 5,834 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$110,972 → $132,857 (+19.7%)	$164,421 → $205,735 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$379,700 → $451,400 (+18.9%)	$642,700 → $739,400 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $3,060 (+120.3%)	$2,146 → $1,826 (-14.9%)

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

Lake Bluff

Population

5,6325,834

Median household income

$164,421$205,735

Median home value

$642,700$739,400

Median gross rent

$2,146$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.8%
75 and over	17.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	13.4%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
Drove alone	72.2%	51.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.0%
Public transit	1.9%	6.2%
Walked	1.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.3%	31.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
1-unit, detached	45.5%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	27.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Barrington	Lake Bluff
Poverty rate	6.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1985	1977