Port Barrington vs Ringwood

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

Port Barrington and Ringwood 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 778 in Ringwood). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($157,500 vs $144,167 in Port Barrington). Ringwood has the higher median home value ($364,700 vs $361,300 in Port Barrington).

Population, income & housing

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
Population	1,574	778
Median age	38.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$144,167	$157,500
Median home value	$361,300	$364,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,021
Housing units	578	286
Homeownership rate	93.5%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
Population	1,676 → 1,574 (-6.1%)	789 → 778 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$137,583 → $144,167 (+4.8%)	$113,125 → $157,500 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$301,200 → $361,300 (+20.0%)	$289,400 → $364,700 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $1,779 (+3.7%)	$1,188 → $1,021 (-14.1%)

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

Ringwood

Population

789778

Median household income

$113,125$157,500

Median home value

$289,400$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
Under 5	6.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.0%
75 and over	3.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	21.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
Drove alone	70.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.0%	11.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
1-unit, detached	91.3%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Barrington	Ringwood
Poverty rate	2.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	2001	1986