North Barrington vs Wadsworth

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

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

Wadsworth has the higher population (3,535 vs 3,113 in North Barrington). North Barrington has the higher median household income ($216,250 vs $121,583 in Wadsworth). North Barrington has the higher median home value ($690,900 vs $377,900 in Wadsworth).

Population, income & housing

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
Population	3,113	3,535
Median age	49.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$216,250	$121,583
Median home value	$690,900	$377,900
Median gross rent	$1,925	$1,052
Housing units	1,136	1,365
Homeownership rate	97.7%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
Population	2,982 → 3,113 (+4.4%)	3,563 → 3,535 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$193,650 → $216,250 (+11.7%)	$100,982 → $121,583 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$669,900 → $690,900 (+3.1%)	$294,900 → $377,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,857 → $1,925 (+3.7%)	$1,221 → $1,052 (-13.8%)

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

Wadsworth

Population

3,5633,535

Median household income

$100,982$121,583

Median home value

$294,900$377,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
Under 5	2.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	4.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.2%
75 and over	9.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
No high school diploma	1.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	7.9%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
Drove alone	62.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	1.0%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	15.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
1-unit, detached	98.4%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Barrington	Wadsworth
Poverty rate	4.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1982	1988