Aledo vs New Boston

A side-by-side comparison of Aledo and New Boston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aledo has the higher population (3,753 vs 632 in New Boston). Aledo has the higher median household income ($62,829 vs $61,563 in New Boston). Aledo has the higher median home value ($140,000 vs $100,700 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Aledo	New Boston
Population	3,753	632
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,829	$61,563
Median home value	$140,000	$100,700
Median gross rent	$770	$483
Housing units	1,690	323
Homeownership rate	65.6%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aledo	New Boston
Population	3,494 → 3,753 (+7.4%)	566 → 632 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$50,482 → $62,829 (+24.5%)	$45,481 → $61,563 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $140,000 (+43.0%)	$75,900 → $100,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $770 (+24.0%)	$691 → $483 (-30.1%)

Aledo

Population

3,4943,753

Median household income

$50,482$62,829

Median home value

$97,900$140,000

Median gross rent

$621$770

New Boston

Population

566632

Median household income

$45,481$61,563

Median home value

$75,900$100,700

Median gross rent

$691$483

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aledo	New Boston
Under 5	7.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aledo	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	97.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aledo	New Boston
No high school diploma	4.4%	15.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aledo	New Boston
Drove alone	84.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aledo	New Boston
1-unit, detached	77.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Aledo	New Boston
Poverty rate	10.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	41
Median year structure built	1956	1957