New Grand Chain vs Pulaski

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

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

Pulaski has the higher population (230 vs 144 in New Grand Chain). Pulaski has the higher median household income ($31,290 vs $31,250 in New Grand Chain). Pulaski has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $52,500 in New Grand Chain).

Population, income & housing

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
Population	144	230
Median age	45.6 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$31,290
Median home value	$52,500	$84,400
Median gross rent	$494	$669
Housing units	102	152
Homeownership rate	58.2%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
Population	185 → 144 (-22.2%)	271 → 230 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$41,136 → $31,250 (-24.0%)	$35,694 → $31,290 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $52,500 (-25.0%)	$44,400 → $84,400 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $494 (-42.8%)	$566 → $669 (+18.2%)

New Grand Chain

Population

185144

Median household income

$41,136$31,250

Median home value

$70,000$52,500

Median gross rent

$863$494

Pulaski

Population

271230

Median household income

$35,694$31,290

Median home value

$44,400$84,400

Median gross rent

$566$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
Under 5	5.6%	10.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	4.8%
18 to 24	18.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	1.7%
45 to 54	21.5%	22.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	27.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	20.0%
75 and over	13.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	56.1%
Black or African American	6.9%	40.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
No high school diploma	4.8%	18.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
Drove alone	88.9%	88.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	7.4%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	64.7%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	New Grand Chain	Pulaski
Poverty rate	15.3%	20.4%
Average household size	1.82	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1963	1956