Beardstown vs Chandlerville

A side-by-side comparison of Beardstown and Chandlerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beardstown has the higher population (6,047 vs 552 in Chandlerville). Beardstown has the higher median household income ($58,765 vs $43,333 in Chandlerville). Beardstown has the higher median home value ($80,800 vs $56,200 in Chandlerville).

Population, income & housing

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
Population	6,047	552
Median age	31.7 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,765	$43,333
Median home value	$80,800	$56,200
Median gross rent	$769	$1,013
Housing units	2,303	295
Homeownership rate	62.6%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	18.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
Population	5,682 → 6,047 (+6.4%)	372 → 552 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $58,765 (+44.2%)	$50,250 → $43,333 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$68,900 → $80,800 (+17.3%)	$65,700 → $56,200 (-14.5%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $769 (+32.1%)	$665 → $1,013 (+52.3%)

Beardstown

Population

5,6826,047

Median household income

$40,750$58,765

Median home value

$68,900$80,800

Median gross rent

$582$769

Chandlerville

Population

372552

Median household income

$50,250$43,333

Median home value

$65,700$56,200

Median gross rent

$665$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
Under 5	8.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	4.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	20.7%
55 to 64	9.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.1%
75 and over	5.2%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	96.4%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	39.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
No high school diploma	19.8%	24.0%
High school graduate	42.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
Drove alone	75.4%	85.1%
Carpooled	19.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	8.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
1-unit, detached	69.6%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Beardstown	Chandlerville
Poverty rate	13.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1963	1960