New Berlin vs Southern View

A side-by-side comparison of New Berlin and Southern View: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southern View has the higher population (1,838 vs 1,366 in New Berlin). New Berlin has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $53,774 in Southern View). New Berlin has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $104,700 in Southern View).

Population, income & housing

	New Berlin	Southern View
Population	1,366	1,838
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$53,774
Median home value	$153,600	$104,700
Median gross rent	$646	$1,261
Housing units	591	881
Homeownership rate	79.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Berlin	Southern View
Population	1,478 → 1,366 (-7.6%)	1,671 → 1,838 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$69,500 → $68,125 (-2.0%)	$47,169 → $53,774 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$145,100 → $153,600 (+5.9%)	$88,200 → $104,700 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $646 (-16.6%)	$957 → $1,261 (+31.8%)

New Berlin

Population

1,4781,366

Median household income

$69,500$68,125

Median home value

$145,100$153,600

Median gross rent

$775$646

Southern View

Population

1,6711,838

Median household income

$47,169$53,774

Median home value

$88,200$104,700

Median gross rent

$957$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Berlin	Southern View
Under 5	5.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.6%
75 and over	7.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Berlin	Southern View
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Berlin	Southern View
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	26.2%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Berlin	Southern View
Drove alone	75.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.1%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Berlin	Southern View
1-unit, detached	87.6%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	New Berlin	Southern View
Poverty rate	7.2%	15.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1980	1954