Barrington is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 7,052 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Barrington is the 278th largest community in New Jersey.

Barrington is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Barrington is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Barrington who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.91%), sales jobs (13.86%), and management occupations (9.88%).

Also of interest is that Barrington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Barrington is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Being a small borough, Barrington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Barrington Information and Demographics

The education level of Barrington citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 25.77% of adults in Barrington have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Barrington in 2000 was $24,434, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,736 for a family of four.

The people who call Barrington home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Barrington is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Barrington include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Barrington is English.