South Barrington is a residential suburb in

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, south of Barrington. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,077. South Barrington is a wealthy suburb of

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. It is the location of the famous

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Willow Creek Community Church Willow Creek Community Church is an Evangelical non-denominational, multi-site megachurch. Its largest campus is located in the northwestern Chicago suburb of South Barrington, Illinois. It was founded on October 12, 1975 by Dave Holmbo and Bil ...

, Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch and Farm, and a

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(shopping center) named The Arboretum of South Barrington.

Geography

South Barrington is located at (42.084226, -88.15478). According to the 2010 census, South Barrington has a total area of , of which (or 96.34%) is land and (or 3.66%) is water.

Demographics

2020 census

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2000 Census

At the 2000

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, there were 3,760 people, 1,147 households and 1,060 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,172 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 69.6%

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, 0.88%

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, 0.05% Native American, 26.6% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.53% from

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, and 1.78% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.84% of the population. In 2011, South Barrington was the Chicago suburb with the highest percentage of Asian people.Selvam, Ashok.
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" '' Daily Herald'' ( Arlington Heights, Illinois). 6 March 2011. Retrieved on 19 June 2013. There were 1,147 households, of which 47.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 86.1% were married couples living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 7.5% were non-families. 5.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.28 and the average family size was 3.41. 29.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 36.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males. The

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was $170,755 and the median family income was $174,318. The

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was $76,078. About 1.4% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the

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, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 0.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Most of South Barrington's zoned public schools are in Barrington District 220. The schools in this district that are assigned to homes in the village are: * Barbara B Rose Elementary School (K-5) * Grove Avenue Elementary School (K-5) * Countryside Elementary School (K-5) * Barrington Middle School Prairie Campus (6-8) * Barrington Middle School Station Campus (6-8) * Barrington High School (9-12) A small portion of the village is served by Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (K-6) in nearby Hoffman Estates, Carl Sandburg Junior High School (7-8) in Rolling Meadows, both of District 15, and

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(9-12; Township High School District 211) in

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. Another small portion of South Barrington is served by District 300, specifically Parkview Elementary School,

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, and Dundee Crown High School. These three schools are located in

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Notable people

* Craig Anderson, goaltender for the

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* Paul Bragiel, Colombian National Team cross-country skier, venture capitalist * Gregory Dickow,

pastor and founder of Life Changers International Church * Mike Magee, forward with the Chicago Fire Soccer Club *

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Retrieved 19 February 2017.

References

External links

Village of South Barrington official website
''Encyclopedia of Chicago''
Barrington Area Library
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