New Boston vs Sherrard

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

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

Sherrard has the higher population (705 vs 632 in New Boston). Sherrard has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $61,563 in New Boston). Sherrard has the higher median home value ($130,400 vs $100,700 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	New Boston	Sherrard
Population	632	705
Median age	42.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,563	$86,932
Median home value	$100,700	$130,400
Median gross rent	$483	$813
Housing units	323	304
Homeownership rate	84.6%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Boston	Sherrard
Population	566 → 632 (+11.7%)	691 → 705 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$45,481 → $61,563 (+35.4%)	$60,735 → $86,932 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $100,700 (+32.7%)	$100,800 → $130,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $483 (-30.1%)	$675 → $813 (+20.4%)

New Boston

Population

566632

Median household income

$45,481$61,563

Median home value

$75,900$100,700

Median gross rent

$691$483

Sherrard

Population

691705

Median household income

$60,735$86,932

Median home value

$100,800$130,400

Median gross rent

$675$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Boston	Sherrard
Under 5	6.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	21.8%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.6%
75 and over	6.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Boston	Sherrard
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Boston	Sherrard
No high school diploma	15.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Boston	Sherrard
Drove alone	80.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	9.3%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Boston	Sherrard
1-unit, detached	71.8%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	New Boston	Sherrard
Poverty rate	13.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	41	26
Median year structure built	1957	1960