New Minden vs Venedy

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

New Minden and Venedy 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 163 in Venedy). New Minden has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $74,375 in Venedy). New Minden has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $95,000 in Venedy).

Population, income & housing

	New Minden	Venedy
Population	227	163
Median age	35.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$74,375
Median home value	$107,100	$95,000
Median gross rent	$775	$492
Housing units	98	68
Homeownership rate	92.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Minden	Venedy
Population	170 → 227 (+33.5%)	209 → 163 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $83,750 (+52.9%)	$67,250 → $74,375 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $107,100 (+25.0%)	$114,400 → $95,000 (-17.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $775 (+6.9%)	$483 → $492 (+1.9%)

New Minden

Population

170227

Median household income

$54,792$83,750

Median home value

$85,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$725$775

Venedy

Population

209163

Median household income

$67,250$74,375

Median home value

$114,400$95,000

Median gross rent

$483$492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Minden	Venedy
Under 5	8.8%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	1.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	20.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	15.3%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Minden	Venedy
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	72.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Minden	Venedy
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	35.1%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Minden	Venedy
Drove alone	83.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Minden	Venedy
1-unit, detached	88.8%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.9%
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%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	New Minden	Venedy
Poverty rate	9.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1959	1964