New Athens vs Washington Park

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

New Athens and Washington Park 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 1,728 in Washington Park). New Athens has the higher median household income ($61,477 vs $42,008 in Washington Park). New Athens has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $43,200 in Washington Park).

Population, income & housing

	New Athens	Washington Park
Population	1,937	1,728
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,477	$42,008
Median home value	$118,100	$43,200
Median gross rent	$927	$875
Housing units	914	1,175
Homeownership rate	82.7%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	21.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Athens	Washington Park
Population	2,147 → 1,937 (-9.8%)	3,941 → 1,728 (-56.2%)
Median household income	$63,583 → $61,477 (-3.3%)	$21,821 → $42,008 (+92.5%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $118,100 (+8.4%)	$45,500 → $43,200 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)	$835 → $875 (+4.8%)

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

Washington Park

Population

3,9411,728

Median household income

$21,821$42,008

Median home value

$45,500$43,200

Median gross rent

$835$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Athens	Washington Park
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	3.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.1%
75 and over	10.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Athens	Washington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	6.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	77.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Athens	Washington Park
No high school diploma	5.0%	21.6%
High school graduate	39.6%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Athens	Washington Park
Drove alone	88.6%	90.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.8%	2.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Athens	Washington Park
1-unit, detached	74.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	New Athens	Washington Park
Poverty rate	9.8%	37.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1960	1959