North Barrington · Lake County · IL
Homes for sale in
North Barrington.
- Active listings
- 7
- Median list
- $1.43M
- Avg time on market
- 59 days
- Sold · last year
- 0
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Active listings
7 homes on the market
About the community
Living in North Barrington.
North Barrington sits in the rolling hills of southwestern Lake County, about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, with roughly 3,100 residents spread across large estate lots that average well over an acre. The village was incorporated in 1959 by residents who wanted to preserve the area's rural, country-estate character around Honey Lake and Grassy Lake, and that ethos still drives zoning today. Two private clubs anchor the village: Biltmore Country Club, platted in 1926 as part of the original Biltmore Estates subdivision, and Wynstone, a 750-acre gated community built around the only Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course in Illinois. Kids attend nationally recognized Barrington Community Unit School District 220, including North Barrington Elementary inside the village. Buyers come here for privacy, mature trees, and proximity to the Barrington Metra station, while still living on a road that often feels like horse country.
At a glance
~3,100 residents
Small estate-style Lake County village. 3,171 at the 2020 Census, 3,113 in the 2023 ACS. About 1,099 households, 97.7 percent owner-occupied.
Incorporated 1959
Referendum passed 108 to 28 on October 31, 1959. Founding intent was to lock in large-lot zoning and preserve the rural, country-estate feel that the area had since the 1926 Biltmore Estates subdivision.
The Club at Wynstone
750-acre gated community with the only Jack Nicklaus Signature Design golf course in Illinois. Roughly 437 homesites, 24-hour security, plus tennis, pickleball, pool, and about nine miles of private roads.
Biltmore Country Club
Established 1926 on the old William Grace Estate at 160 Biltmore Drive. Par-71, 6,652-yard course originally designed by Leonard Macomber. Casual and formal dining, swim, and tennis.
Barrington CUSD 220
Nationally recognized Pre-K through 12 district spanning Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties. North Barrington Elementary sits inside the village; Station Middle School and Barrington High School in downtown Barrington.
High household income
Median household income about $226,000 in the 2024 Data USA estimate, with mean property values well into seven figures inside Wynstone.
Metra UP-NW at Barrington
Closest commuter rail is the Barrington station, 5 to 10 minutes south. 31.9 miles to Ogilvie Transportation Center, Fare Zone 4, 914 parking spaces across eight lots.
What’s close
North Barrington sits in southwestern Lake County, wedged between Lake Barrington to the north, Tower Lakes to the west, Deer Park and Kildeer to the south, and Barrington to the southwest. Most of the village is built around Honey Lake, Grassy Lake, and the private golf courses at Wynstone and Biltmore, with IL Route 22 (Cuba Road) and IL Route 59 (Hough Road) forming the main east-west and north-south spines.
- The Club at Wynstone
- 750-acre gated community with Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course (the only one in Illinois), tennis, pickleball, pool, and about nine miles of private roads. Roughly 437 homesites.
- Biltmore Country Club
- 160 Biltmore Drive. Established 1926; par-71, 6,652-yard course originally designed by Leonard Macomber on the old William Grace Estate.
- Honey Lake and Grassy Lake
- Natural lakes inside the village. Honey Lake on the south is the geographic heart of the original 1926 Biltmore subdivision; Grassy Lake on the north was shown as Cedar Lake on the 1840 Government Survey.
- Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve
- 782-acre Lake County Forest Preserve just south of the village on Cuba Road, with three miles of crushed-gravel and boardwalk trails and a connector to Barrington's Citizens Park.
- IL 22 and IL 59
- Cuba Road (IL 22) is the east-west spine; Hough Road (IL 59) is the north-south. Both are IDOT-maintained and connect the village east to US 14, west to Wauconda, and south to Lake Zurich.
- Downtown Barrington
- Five to ten minutes south on IL 59, with the UP-NW Metra station, Cook Street and Park Avenue retail, and the historic Catlow Theater.
What it’s actually like to live here
Lifestyle in North Barrington is defined by privacy and scale. The village's zoning prioritizes large lots, with most parcels well over an acre and many estates running three to five-plus acres, often with mature oak canopy, ponds, and old riding trails. Outside Wynstone's gated entrance, much of the housing stock is custom-built estate homes from the 1970s through 2000s on winding roads with no sidewalks and no streetlights, deliberately preserving the horse-country feel that the 1934 North Barrington Association and the 1959 incorporation vote were designed to protect. Median household income runs north of $225,000 and homeownership tops 97 percent, so this is overwhelmingly a community of long-tenured owner-occupants rather than transient renters.
Kids in North Barrington attend Barrington Community Unit School District 220, a nationally recognized Pre-K through 12 district that spans four counties (Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry). Elementary students typically attend North Barrington Elementary inside the village, then move up to Station Middle School at 215 Eastern Avenue in Barrington for grades 6 to 8, and finish at Barrington High School. The broader Barrington area surrounds North Barrington with forest preserves (Cuba Marsh, Grassy Lake, Spring Creek Valley), three private country clubs (Wynstone, Biltmore, and Barrington Hills nearby), the historic downtown Barrington shopping and dining district, and a UP-NW Metra line that gets commuters to Ogilvie Transportation Center in roughly an hour.
Neighborhoods
Detailed North Barrington community pages coming soon.
Browse the listings above. Detailed neighborhood pages with market stats, school info, and lifestyle take-downs land here as we roll them out.
Schools
Districts serving North Barrington.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- D220Grades Pre-K to 12
Barrington Community Unit School District 220
Schools serving the area
- Barrington High School
- Station Middle School (grades 6 to 8)
- Prairie Middle School (grades 6 to 8)
- North Barrington Elementary
Barrington 220 is a nationally recognized district that spans 72 square miles across Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties. Most North Barrington students attend North Barrington Elementary, then Station Middle School at 215 Eastern Avenue in Barrington, then Barrington High School. Verify by address before writing an offer.
From the neighborhood
Around North Barrington
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What there is to do in North Barrington.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Recreation
The Club at Wynstone golf
The only Jack Nicklaus Signature Design golf course in Illinois, ranked a Golf Digest Top 100 when it opened in 1989. Private; access through Wynstone membership.
- Parks
Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve
782-acre Lake County Forest Preserve just south of the village on Cuba Road. Three miles of crushed-gravel and boardwalk trails, boardwalk over the marsh, frequent waterfowl sightings.
- Recreation
Biltmore Country Club
Eighteen-hole course from 1926 designed by Leonard Macomber on the old William Grace Estate. Casual and formal dining, swim, and tennis at 160 Biltmore Drive.
- Outdoors
Honey Lake
Natural lake on the south side of the village, the geographic heart of the original 1926 Biltmore subdivision. Bass, bluegill, and panfish for lakefront homeowners.
- Shopping
Downtown Barrington
Five to ten minutes south on IL 59, with the Metra station, Cook Street and Park Avenue shops, and the historic Catlow Theater.
- Family
Barrington Park District programs
Programs, camps, and lakefront amenities across the Barrington area available to North Barrington residents and the broader Barrington 220 community.
Getting around
Commute + transit from North Barrington.
MetraUP-NW line
- Stations: Barrington (closest)
- Terminal: Ogilvie Transportation Center
- Distance: 32 miles to downtown Chicago
DriveBy car
- Routes: IL 22 (Cuba Road) · IL 59 (Hough Road) · U.S. 14 (Northwest Highway, nearby through Barrington)
- O'Hare Airport: ~45 min
- Chicago Loop: ~60 min
- Downtown Barrington / Metra: ~8 min
By the numbers
North Barrington taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.61%
effective avg
Sales tax
7.00%
combined
Median sold price
$970,000
MRED · last 12 mo (56 sales)
Median household income
$226,055
ACS
How North Barrington got here
A bit of history.
The land around what is now North Barrington was first settled in the 1830s as the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad pushed northwest toward the village of Barrington proper, which got its first depot in 1854. Honey Lake and Grassy Lake (marked as Cedar Lake on the 1840 Government Survey) sat between rolling hillsides that drew summer residents from Chicago. The Kimberly House, built around 1857 at 156 Kimberly, is documented by the Barrington Area Historical Society as one of the first homes in the area. The catalyst for modern North Barrington was the 1926 sale of the William Grace Estate, which was platted into hundreds of lots for summer cottages and became the Biltmore Country Estates subdivision, centered on the new Biltmore Country Club designed that same year by Leonard Macomber.
Concerned about losing the area's open, equestrian, country-estate feel to postwar suburbanization, residents formed the North Barrington Association in 1934 to coordinate land-use advocacy. Twenty-five years later, on October 31, 1959, the unincorporated area held a referendum on village incorporation. The vote passed 108 to 28, and the Village of North Barrington was born. That founding intent, to give residents direct control over zoning and density, still shapes the village today through large minimum lot sizes and the gated Wynstone community, which broke ground in the late 1980s and opened its Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course in 1989.
The questions buyers actually ask
North Barrington FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping North Barrington. If yours isn't here, text 815-355-0582, same-day reply.
- What school district is North Barrington in?
- North Barrington is served by Barrington Community Unit School District 220, a nationally recognized Pre-K through 12 district. Most kids in the village attend North Barrington Elementary inside village limits, then Station Middle School at 215 Eastern Avenue in Barrington, then Barrington High School.
- Is Wynstone a gated community?
- Yes. The Club at Wynstone is a 750-acre gated community in North Barrington with 24-hour security, roughly 437 homesites (327 estate homes, 80 maintenance-free, 8 villas, plus vacant lots), and amenities that include the only Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course in Illinois, tennis, pickleball, pool, and about nine miles of private roads.
- What is the closest Metra station to North Barrington?
- Barrington station on the Union Pacific Northwest (UP-NW) line at 201 South Spring Street, about 5 to 10 minutes south of most North Barrington addresses. It is 31.9 miles from Ogilvie Transportation Center and is in Fare Zone 4, with 914 parking spaces across eight lots.
- How big are lots in North Barrington?
- Most North Barrington parcels are one acre or larger, and estates of three to five-plus acres are common outside Wynstone. Even inside Wynstone, lots range from about 0.3 acres up to just over three acres. The village's large-lot zoning is deliberate, dating back to the 1934 North Barrington Association and the 1959 incorporation vote that founded the village specifically to preserve a low-density, country-estate feel.
- What is the difference between North Barrington, Barrington, and Barrington Hills?
- Barrington (the original village, established 1865) is the commercial and Metra hub at the southern edge of the Barrington area. Barrington Hills is the large, horse-zoned village immediately west, known for 5-acre minimum lots and equestrian estates. North Barrington is the smaller, gated-and-golf-flavored village to the northeast in Lake County, anchored by Wynstone and Biltmore Country Club. All three are in Barrington 220 schools.
- How much do homes cost in North Barrington?
- The 12-month median sale price is around $973,000 per Homes.com, but the market is bifurcated. Older Honey Lake and Biltmore-area homes can trade in the $500,000 to $800,000 range, while Wynstone estate homes (3,000 to 11,000-plus square feet) have a 12-month median sale price around $1.2 million and routinely list above $2 million. Ownwell shows 25th-percentile property tax bills around $10,400 and 90th-percentile bills above $23,500.
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