Chestnut vs Elkhart

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

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

Elkhart has the higher population (442 vs 297 in Chestnut). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $51,875 in Chestnut). Chestnut has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $123,200 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut	Elkhart
Population	297	442
Median age	47.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$98,750
Median home value	$137,800	$123,200
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	126	216
Homeownership rate	93.7%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut	Elkhart
Population	61 → 297 (+386.9%)	482 → 442 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,875 (+53.5%)	$68,250 → $98,750 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $137,800 (+238.6%)	$110,200 → $123,200 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $768 (+9.7%)

Chestnut

Population

61297

Median household income

$33,800$51,875

Median home value

$40,700$137,800

Elkhart

Population

482442

Median household income

$68,250$98,750

Median home value

$110,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$700$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut	Elkhart
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	34.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	29.3%	18.8%
55 to 64	6.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.2%
75 and over	13.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut	Elkhart
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut	Elkhart
No high school diploma	44.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	55.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut	Elkhart
Drove alone	93.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut	Elkhart
1-unit, detached	93.7%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut	Elkhart
Poverty rate	19.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1971	1957