New Minden vs Oakdale

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

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

Oakdale has the higher population (283 vs 227 in New Minden). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $83,750 in New Minden). New Minden has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $95,000 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	New Minden	Oakdale
Population	227	283
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$95,000
Median home value	$107,100	$95,000
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	98	106
Homeownership rate	92.3%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Minden	Oakdale
Population	170 → 227 (+33.5%)	190 → 283 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $83,750 (+52.9%)	$63,906 → $95,000 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $107,100 (+25.0%)	$114,200 → $95,000 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $775 (+6.9%)	—

New Minden

Population

170227

Median household income

$54,792$83,750

Median home value

$85,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$725$775

Oakdale

Population

190283

Median household income

$63,906$95,000

Median home value

$114,200$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Minden	Oakdale
Under 5	8.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	18.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.7%
75 and over	5.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Minden	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Minden	Oakdale
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Minden	Oakdale
Drove alone	83.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.8%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Minden	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	88.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	1.9%
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	4.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	New Minden	Oakdale
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	48
Median year structure built	1959	1970