Bureau Junction vs New Bedford

A side-by-side comparison of Bureau Junction and New Bedford: population, income, housing, and more.

Bureau Junction and New Bedford are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bureau Junction has the higher population (279 vs 48 in New Bedford). New Bedford has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $53,700 in Bureau Junction). Since 2019, Bureau Junction's population has grown faster (+16.3% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
Population	279	48
Median age	36.5 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	—
Median home value	$53,700	$73,800
Median gross rent	$1,821	—
Housing units	142	40
Homeownership rate	59.1%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
Population	240 → 279 (+16.3%)	63 → 48 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $54,063 (+0.6%)	$49,375 → $57,500 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $53,700 (+10.7%)	$63,300 → $73,800 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $1,821 (+167.4%)	—

Bureau Junction

Population

240279

Median household income

$53,750$54,063

Median home value

$48,500$53,700

Median gross rent

$681$1,821

New Bedford

Population

6348

Median household income

$49,375$57,500

Median home value

$63,300$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	4.2%
45 to 54	19.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	7.9%	27.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.6%
75 and over	3.2%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
No high school diploma	19.4%	27.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
Drove alone	85.9%	89.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
1-unit, detached	89.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Bureau Junction	New Bedford
Poverty rate	25.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.54	1.45
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1951	1938