Kinderhook vs New Canton

A side-by-side comparison of Kinderhook and New Canton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kinderhook has the higher population (245 vs 209 in New Canton). Kinderhook has the higher median household income ($59,500 vs $37,031 in New Canton). Kinderhook has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $72,100 in New Canton).

Population, income & housing

	Kinderhook	New Canton
Population	245	209
Median age	27.9 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	$37,031
Median home value	$76,700	$72,100
Median gross rent	$663	$525
Housing units	112	136
Homeownership rate	73.8%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinderhook	New Canton
Population	241 → 245 (+1.7%)	328 → 209 (-36.3%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $59,500 (+8.9%)	$36,250 → $37,031 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $76,700 (+1.5%)	$55,600 → $72,100 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $663 (+30.5%)	$495 → $525 (+6.1%)

Kinderhook

Population

241245

Median household income

$54,659$59,500

Median home value

$75,600$76,700

Median gross rent

$508$663

New Canton

Population

328209

Median household income

$36,250$37,031

Median home value

$55,600$72,100

Median gross rent

$495$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinderhook	New Canton
Under 5	16.3%	10.0%
5 to 17	6.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	23.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.1%	1.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	4.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.3%
75 and over	4.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinderhook	New Canton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinderhook	New Canton
No high school diploma	4.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinderhook	New Canton
Drove alone	69.4%	73.7%
Carpooled	20.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	17.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinderhook	New Canton
1-unit, detached	86.6%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Kinderhook	New Canton
Poverty rate	23.5%	21.1%
Average household size	2.92	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1938	1958