Chatsworth vs Fairbury

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

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

Fairbury has the higher population (3,683 vs 1,161 in Chatsworth). Fairbury has the higher median household income ($65,215 vs $61,731 in Chatsworth). Fairbury has the higher median home value ($155,900 vs $103,000 in Chatsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
Population	1,161	3,683
Median age	44.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,731	$65,215
Median home value	$103,000	$155,900
Median gross rent	$684	$750
Housing units	686	1,631
Homeownership rate	68.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
Population	1,220 → 1,161 (-4.8%)	3,571 → 3,683 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$32,120 → $61,731 (+92.2%)	$54,833 → $65,215 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$65,300 → $103,000 (+57.7%)	$105,600 → $155,900 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $684 (+24.4%)	$698 → $750 (+7.4%)

Chatsworth

Population

1,2201,161

Median household income

$32,120$61,731

Median home value

$65,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$550$684

Fairbury

Population

3,5713,683

Median household income

$54,833$65,215

Median home value

$105,600$155,900

Median gross rent

$698$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
Under 5	6.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	26.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.9%
75 and over	4.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.5%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	49.9%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
Drove alone	74.5%	80.0%
Carpooled	15.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.2%	5.3%
Bicycle	2.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	10.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
1-unit, detached	77.1%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Chatsworth	Fairbury
Poverty rate	15.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1961	1962