Barry vs Nebo

A side-by-side comparison of Barry and Nebo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barry has the higher population (1,442 vs 324 in Nebo). Barry has the higher median household income ($66,017 vs $45,000 in Nebo). Barry has the higher median home value ($88,600 vs $42,500 in Nebo).

Population, income & housing

	Barry	Nebo
Population	1,442	324
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,017	$45,000
Median home value	$88,600	$42,500
Median gross rent	$498	$1,025
Housing units	577	159
Homeownership rate	71.9%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barry	Nebo
Population	1,543 → 1,442 (-6.5%)	330 → 324 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$40,375 → $66,017 (+63.5%)	$29,063 → $45,000 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $88,600 (+30.1%)	$32,500 → $42,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $498 (-10.3%)	$1,075 → $1,025 (-4.7%)

Barry

Population

1,5431,442

Median household income

$40,375$66,017

Median home value

$68,100$88,600

Median gross rent

$555$498

Nebo

Population

330324

Median household income

$29,063$45,000

Median home value

$32,500$42,500

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barry	Nebo
Under 5	8.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	18.8%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	6.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	17.9%
75 and over	7.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barry	Nebo
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barry	Nebo
No high school diploma	12.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	43.6%	65.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barry	Nebo
Drove alone	80.8%	67.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	22.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barry	Nebo
1-unit, detached	78.7%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Barry	Nebo
Poverty rate	16.7%	23.8%
Average household size	2.76	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1945	1958