Bull Valley vs Port Barrington

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Valley and Port Barrington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Barrington has the higher population (1,574 vs 1,121 in Bull Valley). Bull Valley has the higher median household income ($185,417 vs $144,167 in Port Barrington). Bull Valley has the higher median home value ($460,700 vs $361,300 in Port Barrington).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
Population	1,121	1,574
Median age	57.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$185,417	$144,167
Median home value	$460,700	$361,300
Median gross rent	$3,292	—
Housing units	499	578
Homeownership rate	93.6%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
Population	1,156 → 1,121 (-3.0%)	1,676 → 1,574 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$107,083 → $185,417 (+73.2%)	$137,583 → $144,167 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$383,200 → $460,700 (+20.2%)	$301,200 → $361,300 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,292 (-6.0%)	$1,716 → $1,779 (+3.7%)

Bull Valley

Population

1,1561,121

Median household income

$107,083$185,417

Median home value

$383,200$460,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,292

Port Barrington

Population

1,6761,574

Median household income

$137,583$144,167

Median home value

$301,200$361,300

Median gross rent

$1,716$1,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
Under 5	2.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	6.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	23.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	20.4%	8.5%
75 and over	11.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	13.7%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
Drove alone	69.6%	70.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	6.5%
Public transit	1.5%	2.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	18.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bull Valley	Port Barrington
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1980	2001