Keithsburg vs New Boston

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

Keithsburg 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 520 in Keithsburg). New Boston has the higher median household income ($61,563 vs $46,875 in Keithsburg). New Boston has the higher median home value ($100,700 vs $58,800 in Keithsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Keithsburg	New Boston
Population	520	632
Median age	51.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$61,563
Median home value	$58,800	$100,700
Median gross rent	$609	$483
Housing units	351	323
Homeownership rate	83.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keithsburg	New Boston
Population	545 → 520 (-4.6%)	566 → 632 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$45,972 → $46,875 (+2.0%)	$45,481 → $61,563 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $58,800 (+18.8%)	$75,900 → $100,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $609 (-7.4%)	$691 → $483 (-30.1%)

Keithsburg

Population

545520

Median household income

$45,972$46,875

Median home value

$49,500$58,800

Median gross rent

$658$609

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)

	Keithsburg	New Boston
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.4%
75 and over	14.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keithsburg	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keithsburg	New Boston
No high school diploma	13.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	58.6%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keithsburg	New Boston
Drove alone	76.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	24.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keithsburg	New Boston
1-unit, detached	64.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Keithsburg	New Boston
Poverty rate	15.6%	13.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	41	41
Median year structure built	1972	1957