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Friday, August 1, 2025

The price of local government: Village of North Barrington

Budget 10

The Village of North Barrington budget was $2.94 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $2,371.36 per household.

That's an increase of 0.6 percent from 2014, when the village spent $2.92 million, or $2,356.36 per household.

North Barrington has 1,239 households and a population of 3,036.

Since 2001, the Village of North Barrington budget has grown by 13.4 percent, from $2.59 million. The village population has grown 4.7 percent over the same period, from 2,900.

Salaries accounted for 5.5 percent of village spending in 2015. North Barrington property taxpayers paid $162,562.50 for three full-time employees, or an average of $54,187.50 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.

In 2001, the village had two part-time employees and spent $70,611.17, or $35,305.59 each.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
3,036
$2,938,110
$162,562.50
5.5
3
$54,187.50
2014
3,042
$2,919,535
$147,339.44
5
3
$49,113.14
2013
3,047
$2,879,760
$139,156.16
4.8
3
$46,385.38
2012
3,047
$2,891,680
$132,294.36
4.6
4
$33,073.59
2011
3,047
$2,731,320
$126,327.60
4.6
3
$42,109.20
2010
3,234
$2,675,100
$127,753.23
4.8
3
$42,584.40
2009
3,200
$2,717,650
$106,058.41
3.9
3
$35,352.80
2008
3,200
$2,710,870
$100,278.46
3.7
3
$33,426.15
2007
3,200
$2,256,930
$133,312.14
5.9
3
$44,437.38
2006
3,200
$2,386,800
$122,396.40
5.1
3
$40,798.80
2005
3,200
$2,479,380
$106,156.40
4.3
3
$35,385.46
2004
2,950
$2,503,890
$91,203
3.6
2
$45,601.50
2003
2,918
$2,611,620
$91,919.52
3.5
2
$45,959.76
2002
2,918
$2,770,875
$79,956.45
2.9
2
$39,978.22
2001
2,900
$2,590,944
$70,611.17
2.7
2
$35,305.58

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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