Atco vs Barrington

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

Atco and Barrington are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atco has the higher population (8,037 vs 7,047 in Barrington). Atco has the higher median household income ($101,976 vs $84,334 in Barrington). Atco has the higher median home value ($262,200 vs $244,400 in Barrington).

Population, income & housing

	Atco	Barrington
Population	8,037	7,047
Median age	46.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,976	$84,334
Median home value	$262,200	$244,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,282
Housing units	3,129	3,495
Homeownership rate	82.6%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atco	Barrington
Population	8,316 → 8,037 (-3.4%)	6,716 → 7,047 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$89,890 → $101,976 (+13.4%)	$78,773 → $84,334 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $262,200 (+26.4%)	$195,300 → $244,400 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,531 → $1,298 (-15.2%)	$1,002 → $1,282 (+27.9%)

Atco

Population

8,3168,037

Median household income

$89,890$101,976

Median home value

$207,400$262,200

Median gross rent

$1,531$1,298

Barrington

Population

6,7167,047

Median household income

$78,773$84,334

Median home value

$195,300$244,400

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atco	Barrington
Under 5	3.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.0%
75 and over	5.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atco	Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atco	Barrington
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	38.5%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atco	Barrington
Drove alone	81.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.8%
Walked	0.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atco	Barrington
1-unit, detached	81.1%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atco	Barrington
Poverty rate	10.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1976	1960