Karnak vs New Grand Chain

A side-by-side comparison of Karnak and New Grand Chain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Karnak has the higher population (507 vs 144 in New Grand Chain). Karnak has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $31,250 in New Grand Chain). Karnak has the higher median home value ($66,700 vs $52,500 in New Grand Chain).

Population, income & housing

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
Population	507	144
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	$31,250
Median home value	$66,700	$52,500
Median gross rent	$708	$494
Housing units	195	102
Homeownership rate	77.6%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
Population	481 → 507 (+5.4%)	185 → 144 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $41,458 (+35.8%)	$41,136 → $31,250 (-24.0%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $66,700 (+28.8%)	$70,000 → $52,500 (-25.0%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $708 (+32.8%)	$863 → $494 (-42.8%)

Karnak

Population

481507

Median household income

$30,536$41,458

Median home value

$51,800$66,700

Median gross rent

$533$708

New Grand Chain

Population

185144

Median household income

$41,136$31,250

Median home value

$70,000$52,500

Median gross rent

$863$494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
Under 5	3.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	3.5%
18 to 24	19.3%	18.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	21.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	7.6%
75 and over	6.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	78.5%
Black or African American	7.5%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	13.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
No high school diploma	11.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	50.9%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
Drove alone	84.9%	88.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.7%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
1-unit, detached	71.8%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Karnak	New Grand Chain
Poverty rate	30.4%	15.3%
Average household size	2.81	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1959	1963