Chatsworth vs Cornell

A side-by-side comparison of Chatsworth and Cornell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatsworth has the higher population (1,161 vs 419 in Cornell). Cornell has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $61,731 in Chatsworth). Chatsworth has the higher median home value ($103,000 vs $83,800 in Cornell).

Population, income & housing

	Chatsworth	Cornell
Population	1,161	419
Median age	44.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,731	$64,286
Median home value	$103,000	$83,800
Median gross rent	$684	$871
Housing units	686	201
Homeownership rate	68.9%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatsworth	Cornell
Population	1,220 → 1,161 (-4.8%)	487 → 419 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$32,120 → $61,731 (+92.2%)	$47,708 → $64,286 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$65,300 → $103,000 (+57.7%)	$75,200 → $83,800 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $684 (+24.4%)	$908 → $871 (-4.1%)

Chatsworth

Population

1,2201,161

Median household income

$32,120$61,731

Median home value

$65,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$550$684

Cornell

Population

487419

Median household income

$47,708$64,286

Median home value

$75,200$83,800

Median gross rent

$908$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatsworth	Cornell
Under 5	6.9%	10.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	7.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	26.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.8%
75 and over	4.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatsworth	Cornell
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatsworth	Cornell
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	49.9%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatsworth	Cornell
Drove alone	74.5%	70.6%
Carpooled	15.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.1%	17.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatsworth	Cornell
1-unit, detached	77.1%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Chatsworth	Cornell
Poverty rate	15.9%	20.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1961	1950