Jewett vs Neoga

A side-by-side comparison of Jewett and Neoga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neoga has the higher population (1,248 vs 296 in Jewett). Neoga has the higher median household income ($70,804 vs $49,167 in Jewett). Neoga has the higher median home value ($104,600 vs $57,600 in Jewett).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett	Neoga
Population	296	1,248
Median age	48.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$70,804
Median home value	$57,600	$104,600
Median gross rent	$791	$769
Housing units	128	612
Homeownership rate	87.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett	Neoga
Population	266 → 296 (+11.3%)	1,719 → 1,248 (-27.4%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $49,167 (+48.4%)	$43,269 → $70,804 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$60,600 → $57,600 (-5.0%)	$84,900 → $104,600 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $791 (+17.2%)	$534 → $769 (+44.0%)

Jewett

Population

266296

Median household income

$33,125$49,167

Median home value

$60,600$57,600

Median gross rent

$675$791

Neoga

Population

1,7191,248

Median household income

$43,269$70,804

Median home value

$84,900$104,600

Median gross rent

$534$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett	Neoga
Under 5	13.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	4.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	5.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	18.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.9%
75 and over	6.1%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett	Neoga
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	99.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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	12.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett	Neoga
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	51.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett	Neoga
Drove alone	81.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	17.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett	Neoga
1-unit, detached	71.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Jewett	Neoga
Poverty rate	29.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1958	1962