Your Guide to Buying a Home in Barrington Hills, IL

Buying a Home in Barrington Hills, Illinois

Barrington Hills is located in Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry County

Barrington Hills is a nesting place for its 4,202 residents and a myriad of wildlife. It has always been a special place even to the time of the Potawatomi and Macoutin Indians. Each community and each species has nestled here amidst nature’s beauty and abundant morainic resources created by Wisconsin glaciation. Today, the Village is a historical and geological continuum of a special relationship between man and nature.

The Village of Barrington Hills was incorporated in 1957. The village straddles approximately 30 square miles in Kane, Lake, Cook and McHenry counties.

Recreation
The residents of the village are served by one of three park districts: Barrington, Barrington/Countryside or Dundee.

Schools
Students in Barrington Hills attend Barrington Unit School District #220 and Carpentersville District #300, which includes grades K-12. One parochial school serves the Barrington area.

Housing
Barrington Hills offers only single-family houses predominantly situated on five-acre lots. The 2000 median house value was $661,500 and the median rent cost was $1,792.  (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000)

Government Services
The Barrington Fire Department has 48 volunteer firefighters and two stations. Its protection covers part of the village. Other portions of the village receive fire protection from the Fox River Grove, Algonquin, Carpentersville and Dundee Fire Protection Districts. Barrington Hills has its own police department and dispatch center which is located at the village hall. The center receives directly both wire line and wireless 9-1-1 emergency telephone calls.

Transportation
Metra commuter trains from Barrington reach the Loop in 46 minutes. For those driving, access to Interstate 90 provides rapid highway travel to Chicago, other suburbs, Rockford, and Milwaukee.
Distance to the Chicago Loop: 38 miles
Distance to O'Hare Airport: 28 miles
Distance to Mitchell Field: 68 miles