Oakwood Hills vs Port Barrington

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

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

Oakwood Hills has the higher population (2,454 vs 1,574 in Port Barrington). Port Barrington has the higher median household income ($144,167 vs $113,125 in Oakwood Hills). Port Barrington has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $273,200 in Oakwood Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
Population	2,454	1,574
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$144,167
Median home value	$273,200	$361,300
Median gross rent	$1,667	—
Housing units	960	578
Homeownership rate	91.9%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
Population	2,336 → 2,454 (+5.1%)	1,676 → 1,574 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$96,719 → $113,125 (+17.0%)	$137,583 → $144,167 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $273,200 (+23.6%)	$301,200 → $361,300 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,667 (+32.8%)	$1,716 → $1,779 (+3.7%)

Oakwood Hills

Population

2,3362,454

Median household income

$96,719$113,125

Median home value

$221,100$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,667

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)

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
Under 5	6.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	17.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.5%
75 and over	4.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	20.5%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
Drove alone	79.3%	70.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.9%	2.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	18.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
1-unit, detached	94.7%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	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	4.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood Hills	Port Barrington
Poverty rate	4.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1980	2001