Long Lake vs North Barrington

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

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

Long Lake has the higher population (3,219 vs 3,113 in North Barrington). North Barrington has the higher median household income ($216,250 vs $100,824 in Long Lake). North Barrington has the higher median home value ($690,900 vs $185,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Long Lake	North Barrington
Population	3,219	3,113
Median age	32.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,824	$216,250
Median home value	$185,400	$690,900
Median gross rent	$1,529	$1,925
Housing units	1,167	1,136
Homeownership rate	70.5%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	75.4%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Lake	North Barrington
Population	3,557 → 3,219 (-9.5%)	2,982 → 3,113 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$87,895 → $100,824 (+14.7%)	$193,650 → $216,250 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $185,400 (+19.0%)	$669,900 → $690,900 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,529 (+26.4%)	$1,857 → $1,925 (+3.7%)

Long Lake

Population

3,5573,219

Median household income

$87,895$100,824

Median home value

$155,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,529

North Barrington

Population

2,9823,113

Median household income

$193,650$216,250

Median home value

$669,900$690,900

Median gross rent

$1,857$1,925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Lake	North Barrington
Under 5	2.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	17.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	13.0%
75 and over	3.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Lake	North Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	82.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Lake	North Barrington
No high school diploma	27.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	34.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Lake	North Barrington
Drove alone	71.9%	62.1%
Carpooled	20.1%	7.8%
Public transit	2.8%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	22.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Lake	North Barrington
1-unit, detached	91.1%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Lake	North Barrington
Poverty rate	11.6%	4.1%
Average household size	3.06	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1957	1982