Newark vs Plattville

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

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

Newark has the higher population (1,152 vs 200 in Plattville). Plattville has the higher median household income ($140,313 vs $129,688 in Newark). Plattville has the higher median home value ($285,400 vs $234,800 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Plattville
Population	1,152	200
Median age	45.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,688	$140,313
Median home value	$234,800	$285,400
Median gross rent	$1,018	—
Housing units	442	64
Homeownership rate	86.6%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Plattville
Population	1,314 → 1,152 (-12.3%)	237 → 200 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$89,107 → $129,688 (+45.5%)	$85,893 → $140,313 (+63.4%)
Median home value	$192,600 → $234,800 (+21.9%)	$231,600 → $285,400 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,018 (+50.8%)	—

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

Plattville

Population

237200

Median household income

$85,893$140,313

Median home value

$231,600$285,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Plattville
Under 5	5.5%	9.5%
5 to 17	11.0%	23.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	6.5%
75 and over	6.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Plattville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Plattville
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Plattville
Drove alone	72.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Plattville
1-unit, detached	91.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Plattville
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.5%
Average household size	2.75	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1961	1973