Matherville vs New Boston

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

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

Matherville has the higher population (703 vs 632 in New Boston). Matherville has the higher median household income ($80,714 vs $61,563 in New Boston). Matherville has the higher median home value ($136,200 vs $100,700 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Matherville	New Boston
Population	703	632
Median age	36.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,714	$61,563
Median home value	$136,200	$100,700
Median gross rent	$775	$483
Housing units	305	323
Homeownership rate	82.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matherville	New Boston
Population	857 → 703 (-18.0%)	566 → 632 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $80,714 (+20.3%)	$45,481 → $61,563 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $136,200 (+34.9%)	$75,900 → $100,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $775 (+38.4%)	$691 → $483 (-30.1%)

Matherville

Population

857703

Median household income

$67,083$80,714

Median home value

$101,000$136,200

Median gross rent

$560$775

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)

	Matherville	New Boston
Under 5	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.4%
75 and over	12.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matherville	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	97.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	1.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matherville	New Boston
No high school diploma	11.4%	15.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matherville	New Boston
Drove alone	79.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	1.6%
Other means	1.1%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matherville	New Boston
1-unit, detached	79.7%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Matherville	New Boston
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	41
Median year structure built	1959	1957