Lake Barrington vs Volo

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

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

Volo has the higher population (6,398 vs 5,400 in Lake Barrington). Volo has the higher median household income ($145,906 vs $132,857 in Lake Barrington). Lake Barrington has the higher median home value ($451,400 vs $293,800 in Volo).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Barrington	Volo
Population	5,400	6,398
Median age	52.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$132,857	$145,906
Median home value	$451,400	$293,800
Median gross rent	$3,060	$2,229
Housing units	2,427	2,267
Homeownership rate	89.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.3%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Barrington	Volo
Population	5,117 → 5,400 (+5.5%)	5,229 → 6,398 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$110,972 → $132,857 (+19.7%)	$92,500 → $145,906 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$379,700 → $451,400 (+18.9%)	$207,200 → $293,800 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $3,060 (+120.3%)	$1,600 → $2,229 (+39.3%)

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

Volo

Population

5,2296,398

Median household income

$92,500$145,906

Median home value

$207,200$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,600$2,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Barrington	Volo
Under 5	5.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	4.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.2%
75 and over	17.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Barrington	Volo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Barrington	Volo
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	13.4%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Barrington	Volo
Drove alone	72.2%	76.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.1%
Public transit	1.9%	1.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	19.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Barrington	Volo
1-unit, detached	45.5%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	27.8%	40.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Barrington	Volo
Poverty rate	6.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1985	2009