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Population (year 2000): 632. Estimated
population in July 2005: 643 (+1.7% change)
Males: 321 (50.8%), Females: 311 (49.2%)
Mercer County
Zip code:
61272
Median resident age: 40.2 years
Median household income: $29,231 (year 2000)
Median house value: $51,100 (year 2000)
Races in New Boston:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.4%)
Ancestries: German (17.6%), United States
(10.3%), English (10.1%), Irish (6.3%), Swedish (5.9%), French
(4.1%).
Elevation: 560 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in New Boston
- High school or higher: 70.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 8.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in New Boston city
- Never married: 16.7%
- Now married: 61.1%
- Separated: 0.4%
- Widowed: 8.8%
- Divorced: 13.0%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +12 (+1.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near New Boston:
- UNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; MUSCATINE, IA)
- MERCER COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ALEDO, IL)
- GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER (about 27 miles; WEST
BURLINGTON, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New
Boston:
- SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL (about 29 miles; BURLINGTON,
IA; ID: BRL)
- QUAD CITY INTL (about 39 miles; MOLINE, IL; ID: MLI)
- CLINTON MUNI (about 65 miles; CLINTON, IA; ID: CWI)
Other public-use airports nearest to New Boston:
- MUSCATINE MUNI (about 17 miles; MUSCATINE, IA; ID:
MUT)
- MERCER COUNTY (about 19 miles; ALEDO, IL; ID: C00)
- MONMOUTH MUNI (about 32 miles; MONMOUTH, IL; ID:
C66)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
New Boston:
- AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 37 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL;
Full-time enrollment: 2,220)
- EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 38
miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 4,180)
- SAINT AMBROSE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; DAVENPORT,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,310)
- BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 41 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT
enrollment: 3,891)
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (about 51 miles; IOWA CITY, IA;
FT enrollment: 24,766)
- WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; MACOMB,
IL; FT enrollment: 11,096)
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE (about 94 miles; EAST
PEORIA, IL; FT enrollment: 6,404)
Public primary/middle school in New Boston:
- WESTMER ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 268; Location:
301 E JEFFERSON ST; Grades: PK - 05)
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