Boulder Hill vs Newark

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder Hill and Newark: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boulder Hill has the higher population (9,127 vs 1,152 in Newark). Newark has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $76,935 in Boulder Hill). Newark has the higher median home value ($234,800 vs $233,100 in Boulder Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder Hill	Newark
Population	9,127	1,152
Median age	36.8 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,935	$129,688
Median home value	$233,100	$234,800
Median gross rent	$1,759	$1,018
Housing units	3,171	442
Homeownership rate	83.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder Hill	Newark
Population	10,262 → 9,127 (-11.1%)	1,314 → 1,152 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$67,124 → $76,935 (+14.6%)	$89,107 → $129,688 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $233,100 (+44.4%)	$192,600 → $234,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,588 → $1,759 (+10.8%)	$675 → $1,018 (+50.8%)

Boulder Hill

Population

10,2629,127

Median household income

$67,124$76,935

Median home value

$161,400$233,100

Median gross rent

$1,588$1,759

Newark

Population

1,3141,152

Median household income

$89,107$129,688

Median home value

$192,600$234,800

Median gross rent

$675$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder Hill	Newark
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	11.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.5%
75 and over	6.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder Hill	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder Hill	Newark
No high school diploma	13.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder Hill	Newark
Drove alone	76.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder Hill	Newark
1-unit, detached	90.9%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boulder Hill	Newark
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1970	1961