Illinois · Census place 1703844

Barrington, Illinois

Barrington is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 10,615 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 217th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,615
#217 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-91 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
2,298 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Barrington. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

Barrington population, 2020 to 2024

Barrington lost 91 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +51. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 165th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Barrington is 72% of it.

10.7k202010.7k202110.6k202210.6k202310.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,724. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Barrington covers 4.62 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 2,298 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Barrington is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Barrington spans

Barrington crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,615 residents as follows; Cook County holds 54.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Cook County5,740
  2. 02Lake County4,875
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Barrington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Barrington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60010. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Barrington is

The Census internal point of Barrington is at 42.151500, -88.128500. Springfield, the capital, is 182.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Zurich, IL (19,960 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 12.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.151500, -88.128500
DMS
42°09'5.40"N 88°07'42.60"W
UTM
16N 406761.7E 4667213.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JH5V2C+JH

Daylight in Barrington

At 42.15° N, Barrington gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Barrington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Deer Park, 2.4 miles away, with 3,669 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Barrington, IL?

10,615 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 91 (0.8%) from 10,706 in July 2020.

What county is Barrington in?

It spans 2 counties: Cook County (5,740 residents), Lake County (4,875 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Barrington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60010.

How far is Barrington from Springfield?

182.0 miles (292.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Barrington.

What is the nearest larger city to Barrington?

Lake Zurich, IL, with 19,960 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.