New Grand Chain is a village in Pulaski County, Illinois, home to about 151 people across 1.0 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 62941.
Homes sold for a median of $96 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026.
Part is in New Grand Chain
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside New Grand Chain. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)127 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Barkley Regional Airport (PAH)18 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO117 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL324 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of New Grand Chain; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
New Grand Chain had 150 residents in the 2020 census, down 36% since 2000.
It’s the 1269th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Pulaski County grew from 14,554 residents in 1900 to 5,193 in 2020.
Pulaski County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 89°F in summer, and winter lows average 26°F. About 49.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 7 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Grand Chain Dam 53, IL weather station (4 miles away).
455 jobs at 86 businesses in Pulaski County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
4 doctors and other health care providers list an office in New Grand Chain.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 4 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Museums
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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