Lake Barrington vs Winthrop Harbor

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

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

Winthrop Harbor has the higher population (6,663 vs 5,400 in Lake Barrington). Lake Barrington has the higher median household income ($132,857 vs $94,221 in Winthrop Harbor). Lake Barrington has the higher median home value ($451,400 vs $238,800 in Winthrop Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
Population	5,400	6,663
Median age	52.7 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$132,857	$94,221
Median home value	$451,400	$238,800
Median gross rent	$3,060	$1,262
Housing units	2,427	2,943
Homeownership rate	89.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
Population	5,117 → 5,400 (+5.5%)	6,721 → 6,663 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$110,972 → $132,857 (+19.7%)	$88,673 → $94,221 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$379,700 → $451,400 (+18.9%)	$196,300 → $238,800 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $3,060 (+120.3%)	$1,069 → $1,262 (+18.1%)

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

Winthrop Harbor

Population

6,7216,663

Median household income

$88,673$94,221

Median home value

$196,300$238,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
Under 5	5.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	25.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	14.9%
75 and over	17.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	13.4%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
Drove alone	72.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	1.9%	8.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	8.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
1-unit, detached	45.5%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	27.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	6.2%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Barrington	Winthrop Harbor
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1985	1978