Village · Lake County, Illinois

Lake Barrington, Illinois

Lake Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area. It has 5,442 residents. Lake Barrington, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,851 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #76 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on physical inactivity (low), lack of reliable transportation (low) and dentists (high). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), effective property tax rate (high) and high ozone days (high).

82Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,851 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #76 of 697 in IL
Population: 5,442 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 948.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 1740884

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety91#1,374/15,637
Economy85#2,411/15,631
Housing21#11,900/14,977
Health97#531/15,609
Healthcare80#3,140/15,650
Environment40#9,237/15,453
Education78#3,453/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,676/15,650
Community83#2,693/15,651
Leisure & amenities69#4,816/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lake Barrington, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lake County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Physical inactivity · low13.5%
98/100Illinois 23.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.5%
97/100Illinois 8.4%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Dentists · high119 /100k
96/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLake County value
Poor or fair health · low10.7%
96/100Illinois 18.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · high$1,783
96/100Illinois $1,539United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLake County value
Food insecurity · low6.9%
96/100Illinois 16.5%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Illinois 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Effective property tax rate · high2.01%
7/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
High ozone days · high8 days
10/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLake County value
Average commute time · high33.2 min
12/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Time spent in the emergency room · high202 min
20/100Illinois 170 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLake County value
Job growth · low-1.4%
20/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLake County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,117 (2015-2019) → 5,442 (2020-2024)
+6.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
4.5 /1k (2021) → 0.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−96%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
59.1% (2015-2019) → 70.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
43.6% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
94.4% (2015-2019) → 88.3% (2020-2024)
−6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
0.7% (2015-2019) → 6.5% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lake Barrington, Illinois improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Inequality−0.0540.477 → 0.423
Household income+28%$110,972 → $141,958

Declined2

Broadband−6.1 points94.4% → 88.3%
Rent / income+7.4 points43.6% → 51.0%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Lake Barrington, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.9 min2015-2019	33.2 min2020-2024	−2.7 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.6%2015-2019	63.6%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	94.4%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	−6.1 points	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	2.08%2015-2019	2.01%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
High school diploma or higher	98.7%2015-2019	97.5%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	82%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4772015-2019	0.4232020-2024	−0.054	Improved	86%
Median household income	$110,9722015-2019	$141,9582020-2024	+28%	Improved	51%
Poverty rate	5.1%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Public transit commuters	4.2%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent as share of income	43.6%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Declined	14%
Rent-burdened households	59.1%2015-2019	70.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	44%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Lake Barrington, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lake Barrington, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lake Barrington, Illinois itself moved −3.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,442 residents (±335)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,384 households (±181)

Lake Barrington, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k11%†256
$25k–50k10%†243
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,384 households (±181)

Lake Barrington, Illinois
Illinois share

Own89%2,121
Rent11%†263

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,282 workers (±312)

Lake Barrington, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone71%1,611
Carpool2.0%†46
Public transit2.7%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Lake County, the county holding most of Lake Barrington's residents.

Lake County has 20,076 employer establishments, 281 for every 10,000 residents (1.13× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Illinois's), with 337,069 paid employees at an average annual pay of $92,708. The Census Bureau also counts 65,725 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,076; 65,725 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 281; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 337,069
Average annual pay: $92,708; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lake County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,762	24.7	1.18×About typical	14,590	$77,394	2,982
Specialty trade contractors	1,285	18	1.16×About typical	9,755	$92,020	3,265
Restaurants and other eating places	1,273	17.8	0.97×About typical	21,863	$24,885	212
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,004	14.1	2.09×More than typical	10,835	$49,556	2,742
Lessors of real estate	811	11.4	0.92×About typical	2,892	$76,077	6,595
Management, scientific and technical consulting	714	10	1.49×More than typical	9,537	$119,895	3,308
Landscaping services	706	9.9	2.82×More than typical	4,022	$84,735	778
Truck transportation	673	9.4	1.86×More than typical	1,999	$57,838	2,737
Construction of buildings	659	9.2	1.22×About typical	2,123	$76,280	2,045
Computer systems design and related services	583	8.2	1.89×More than typical	6,950	$103,702	972
Offices of other health practitioners	579	8.1	1.34×More than typical	2,381	$49,600	1,449
Limited-service restaurants	574	8	1.00×About typical	10,558	$21,454	77

Rank places for an industry Open Lake County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 713,653 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $10.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lake Barrington, Illinois: $1.92 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $10.4K; −90% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.92; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$13K100%

Top recipients

CROWN GYM MATS INC$13K100%
MK TEST SYSTEMS AMERICAS INC-$2,6140.0%

Spending by fiscal year

29.5KFY2017
22.7KFY2018
-2.6KFY2019
7.8KFY2020
1.6KFY2022
23.7KFY2023
29.3KFY2024
99.8KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$13K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Lake Barrington, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Lake Barrington, Illinois's figures are part of those of Lake County, IL ($1.2B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lake Barrington is mostly in Lake County.

See federal money in Lake County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lake Barrington, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Lake County86100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66

Other cities and towns in Lake County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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