Joy vs New Boston

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

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

New Boston has the higher population (632 vs 377 in Joy). Joy has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $61,563 in New Boston). New Boston has the higher median home value ($100,700 vs $82,300 in Joy).

Population, income & housing

	Joy	New Boston
Population	377	632
Median age	37.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$61,563
Median home value	$82,300	$100,700
Median gross rent	$885	$483
Housing units	181	323
Homeownership rate	81.3%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joy	New Boston
Population	384 → 377 (-1.8%)	566 → 632 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $64,583 (+48.7%)	$45,481 → $61,563 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $82,300 (+27.0%)	$75,900 → $100,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $885 (+24.1%)	$691 → $483 (-30.1%)

Joy

Population

384377

Median household income

$43,438$64,583

Median home value

$64,800$82,300

Median gross rent

$713$885

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)

	Joy	New Boston
Under 5	10.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.4%
75 and over	7.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joy	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joy	New Boston
No high school diploma	9.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	55.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joy	New Boston
Drove alone	83.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.6%
Other means	2.4%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joy	New Boston
1-unit, detached	82.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Joy	New Boston
Poverty rate	15.5%	13.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	42	41
Median year structure built	1955	1957