Newark vs Yorkville

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

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

Yorkville has the higher population (22,350 vs 1,152 in Newark). Newark has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $108,775 in Yorkville). Yorkville has the higher median home value ($314,200 vs $234,800 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Yorkville
Population	1,152	22,350
Median age	45.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$129,688	$108,775
Median home value	$234,800	$314,200
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,619
Housing units	442	8,135
Homeownership rate	86.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Yorkville
Population	1,314 → 1,152 (-12.3%)	19,352 → 22,350 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$89,107 → $129,688 (+45.5%)	$97,610 → $108,775 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$192,600 → $234,800 (+21.9%)	$245,200 → $314,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,018 (+50.8%)	$1,181 → $1,619 (+37.1%)

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

Yorkville

Population

19,35222,350

Median household income

$97,610$108,775

Median home value

$245,200$314,200

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Yorkville
Under 5	5.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	18.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	6.2%
75 and over	6.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Yorkville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	71.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Yorkville
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Yorkville
Drove alone	72.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Yorkville
1-unit, detached	91.0%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Yorkville
Poverty rate	7.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1961	2003