Belknap vs New Burnside

A side-by-side comparison of Belknap and New Burnside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Burnside has the higher population (150 vs 78 in Belknap). Since 2019, New Burnside's population has grown faster (+11.9% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Belknap	New Burnside
Population	78	150
Median age	54.3 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,750
Median home value	—	$77,500
Housing units	50	86
Homeownership rate	68.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belknap	New Burnside
Population	121 → 78 (-35.5%)	134 → 150 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$30,500 → $97,500 (+219.7%)	$30,625 → $58,750 (+91.8%)
Median home value	$50,700 → $66,700 (+31.6%)	$63,800 → $77,500 (+21.5%)

Belknap

Population

12178

Median household income

$30,500$97,500

Median home value

$50,700$66,700

New Burnside

Population

134150

Median household income

$30,625$58,750

Median home value

$63,800$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belknap	New Burnside
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	2.6%	1.3%
25 to 34	19.2%	2.7%
35 to 44	3.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	21.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	23.1%	2.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	30.0%
75 and over	6.4%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belknap	New Burnside
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	80.7%
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	5.1%	16.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belknap	New Burnside
No high school diploma	26.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	21.7%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belknap	New Burnside
Drove alone	100.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belknap	New Burnside
1-unit, detached	72.0%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Belknap	New Burnside
Poverty rate	7.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	49
Median year structure built	1971	1973