Newark vs Plano

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

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

Plano has the higher population (11,626 vs 1,152 in Newark). Newark has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $83,102 in Plano). Newark has the higher median home value ($234,800 vs $221,100 in Plano).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Plano
Population	1,152	11,626
Median age	45.1 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,688	$83,102
Median home value	$234,800	$221,100
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,590
Housing units	442	4,140
Homeownership rate	86.6%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Plano
Population	1,314 → 1,152 (-12.3%)	11,752 → 11,626 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$89,107 → $129,688 (+45.5%)	$73,233 → $83,102 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$192,600 → $234,800 (+21.9%)	$165,500 → $221,100 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,018 (+50.8%)	$952 → $1,590 (+67.0%)

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

Plano

Population

11,75211,626

Median household income

$73,233$83,102

Median home value

$165,500$221,100

Median gross rent

$952$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Plano
Under 5	5.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	17.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	5.6%
75 and over	6.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Plano
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	37.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Plano
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Plano
Drove alone	72.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Plano
1-unit, detached	91.0%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	25.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Plano
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.75	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1961	2001