New Burnside vs Simpson

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

New Burnside and Simpson 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 56 in Simpson). Simpson has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $77,500 in New Burnside). Since 2019, New Burnside's population has grown faster (+11.9% vs -13.8%).

Population, income & housing

	New Burnside	Simpson
Population	150	56
Median age	57.0 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	—
Median home value	$77,500	$80,000
Housing units	86	22
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Burnside	Simpson
Population	134 → 150 (+11.9%)	65 → 56 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $58,750 (+91.8%)	$47,750 → $48,750 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $77,500 (+21.5%)	$65,000 → $80,000 (+23.1%)

New Burnside

Population

134150

Median household income

$30,625$58,750

Median home value

$63,800$77,500

Simpson

Population

6556

Median household income

$47,750$48,750

Median home value

$65,000$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Burnside	Simpson
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	1.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	2.7%	23.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	2.0%	25.0%
65 to 74	30.0%	7.1%
75 and over	18.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Burnside	Simpson
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	91.1%
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	16.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Burnside	Simpson
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.1%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Burnside	Simpson
Drove alone	85.3%	96.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Burnside	Simpson
1-unit, detached	81.4%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	New Burnside	Simpson
Poverty rate	2.7%	21.4%
Average household size	2.94	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	49	27
Median year structure built	1973	1980