Mineral vs New Bedford

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

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

Mineral has the higher population (179 vs 48 in New Bedford). Mineral has the higher median home value ($73,900 vs $73,800 in New Bedford). Since 2019, Mineral's population has grown faster (-21.5% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral	New Bedford
Population	179	48
Median age	49.3 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	—
Median home value	$73,900	$73,800
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	112	40
Homeownership rate	87.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral	New Bedford
Population	228 → 179 (-21.5%)	63 → 48 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$37,000 → $51,250 (+38.5%)	$49,375 → $57,500 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $73,900 (+30.3%)	$63,300 → $73,800 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,025 (+28.1%)	—

Mineral

Population

228179

Median household income

$37,000$51,250

Median home value

$56,700$73,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,025

New Bedford

Population

6348

Median household income

$49,375$57,500

Median home value

$63,300$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral	New Bedford
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	4.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	21.8%	27.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	14.6%
75 and over	10.1%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral	New Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral	New Bedford
No high school diploma	8.7%	27.9%
High school graduate	59.1%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral	New Bedford
Drove alone	88.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral	New Bedford
1-unit, detached	96.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Mineral	New Bedford
Poverty rate	21.8%	8.3%
Average household size	1.85	1.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1952	1938