Breese vs New Baden

A side-by-side comparison of Breese and New Baden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breese has the higher population (4,373 vs 3,493 in New Baden). New Baden has the higher median household income ($77,542 vs $72,900 in Breese). Breese has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $160,600 in New Baden).

Population, income & housing

	Breese	New Baden
Population	4,373	3,493
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,900	$77,542
Median home value	$204,600	$160,600
Median gross rent	$771	$1,110
Housing units	1,920	1,347
Homeownership rate	75.4%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breese	New Baden
Population	4,787 → 4,373 (-8.6%)	3,206 → 3,493 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$69,167 → $72,900 (+5.4%)	$77,218 → $77,542 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $204,600 (+35.0%)	$138,300 → $160,600 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $771 (-27.0%)	$955 → $1,110 (+16.2%)

Breese

Population

4,7874,373

Median household income

$69,167$72,900

Median home value

$151,500$204,600

Median gross rent

$1,056$771

New Baden

Population

3,2063,493

Median household income

$77,218$77,542

Median home value

$138,300$160,600

Median gross rent

$955$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breese	New Baden
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	23.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	5.5%
75 and over	9.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breese	New Baden
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breese	New Baden
No high school diploma	7.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breese	New Baden
Drove alone	81.9%	66.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	12.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breese	New Baden
1-unit, detached	76.7%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Breese	New Baden
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1979	1980