New Minden vs Richview

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

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

Richview has the higher population (242 vs 227 in New Minden). New Minden has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $63,750 in Richview). New Minden has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $93,300 in Richview).

Population, income & housing

	New Minden	Richview
Population	227	242
Median age	35.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$63,750
Median home value	$107,100	$93,300
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	98	107
Homeownership rate	92.3%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Minden	Richview
Population	170 → 227 (+33.5%)	289 → 242 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $83,750 (+52.9%)	$41,250 → $63,750 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $107,100 (+25.0%)	$66,500 → $93,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $775 (+6.9%)	$725 → $920 (+26.9%)

New Minden

Population

170227

Median household income

$54,792$83,750

Median home value

$85,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$725$775

Richview

Population

289242

Median household income

$41,250$63,750

Median home value

$66,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$725$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Minden	Richview
Under 5	8.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	5.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.9%
75 and over	5.7%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Minden	Richview
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	96.3%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Minden	Richview
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Minden	Richview
Drove alone	83.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	9.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Minden	Richview
1-unit, detached	88.8%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
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%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	New Minden	Richview
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1959	1990