Beason vs Chestnut

A side-by-side comparison of Beason and Chestnut: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chestnut has the higher population (297 vs 136 in Beason). Beason has the higher median household income ($53,235 vs $51,875 in Chestnut). Chestnut has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $81,100 in Beason).

Population, income & housing

	Beason	Chestnut
Population	136	297
Median age	42.2 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,235	$51,875
Median home value	$81,100	$137,800
Housing units	91	126
Homeownership rate	72.9%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beason	Chestnut
Population	192 → 136 (-29.2%)	61 → 297 (+386.9%)
Median household income	$39,183 → $53,235 (+35.9%)	$33,800 → $51,875 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $81,100 (+40.3%)	$40,700 → $137,800 (+238.6%)

Beason

Population

192136

Median household income

$39,183$53,235

Median home value

$57,800$81,100

Chestnut

Population

61297

Median household income

$33,800$51,875

Median home value

$40,700$137,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beason	Chestnut
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	34.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.9%	2.7%
35 to 44	16.9%	6.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	29.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	6.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.4%
75 and over	3.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beason	Chestnut
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	47.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	52.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beason	Chestnut
No high school diploma	0.0%	44.8%
High school graduate	67.3%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beason	Chestnut
Drove alone	87.4%	93.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	8.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beason	Chestnut
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Beason	Chestnut
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1938	1971