Du Bois vs New Minden

A side-by-side comparison of Du Bois and New Minden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Minden has the higher population (227 vs 139 in Du Bois). New Minden has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $75,833 in Du Bois). New Minden has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $69,300 in Du Bois).

Population, income & housing

	Du Bois	New Minden
Population	139	227
Median age	45.9 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$83,750
Median home value	$69,300	$107,100
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	81	98
Homeownership rate	87.9%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Du Bois	New Minden
Population	158 → 139 (-12.0%)	170 → 227 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $75,833 (+46.2%)	$54,792 → $83,750 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $69,300 (+9.1%)	$85,700 → $107,100 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $619 (+17.9%)	$725 → $775 (+6.9%)

Du Bois

Population

158139

Median household income

$51,875$75,833

Median home value

$63,500$69,300

Median gross rent

$525$619

New Minden

Population

170227

Median household income

$54,792$83,750

Median home value

$85,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$725$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Du Bois	New Minden
Under 5	7.2%	8.8%
5 to 17	8.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.9%
75 and over	3.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Du Bois	New Minden
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	1.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Du Bois	New Minden
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Du Bois	New Minden
Drove alone	85.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Du Bois	New Minden
1-unit, detached	80.2%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Du Bois	New Minden
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1959	1959