New Athens vs St. Libory

A side-by-side comparison of New Athens and St. Libory: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Athens has the higher population (1,937 vs 612 in St. Libory). St. Libory has the higher median household income ($113,000 vs $61,477 in New Athens). St. Libory has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $118,100 in New Athens).

Population, income & housing

	New Athens	St. Libory
Population	1,937	612
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,477	$113,000
Median home value	$118,100	$168,800
Median gross rent	$927	$788
Housing units	914	304
Homeownership rate	82.7%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Athens	St. Libory
Population	2,147 → 1,937 (-9.8%)	508 → 612 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$63,583 → $61,477 (-3.3%)	$66,875 → $113,000 (+69.0%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $118,100 (+8.4%)	$136,900 → $168,800 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)	$789 → $788 (-0.1%)

New Athens

Population

2,1471,937

Median household income

$63,583$61,477

Median home value

$108,900$118,100

Median gross rent

$769$927

St. Libory

Population

508612

Median household income

$66,875$113,000

Median home value

$136,900$168,800

Median gross rent

$789$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Athens	St. Libory
Under 5	5.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	1.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.9%
75 and over	10.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Athens	St. Libory
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Athens	St. Libory
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	39.6%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Athens	St. Libory
Drove alone	88.6%	88.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Athens	St. Libory
1-unit, detached	74.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	New Athens	St. Libory
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1960	1980