Chestnut vs Emden

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

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

Emden has the higher population (374 vs 297 in Chestnut). Emden has the higher median household income ($68,875 vs $51,875 in Chestnut). Chestnut has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $111,300 in Emden).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut	Emden
Population	297	374
Median age	47.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$68,875
Median home value	$137,800	$111,300
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	126	190
Homeownership rate	93.7%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut	Emden
Population	61 → 297 (+386.9%)	468 → 374 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,875 (+53.5%)	$56,346 → $68,875 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $137,800 (+238.6%)	$96,500 → $111,300 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $850 (+21.4%)

Chestnut

Population

61297

Median household income

$33,800$51,875

Median home value

$40,700$137,800

Emden

Population

468374

Median household income

$56,346$68,875

Median home value

$96,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$700$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut	Emden
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	34.7%	9.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	2.7%	18.7%
35 to 44	6.7%	6.1%
45 to 54	29.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	6.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.6%
75 and over	13.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut	Emden
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut	Emden
No high school diploma	44.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	55.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut	Emden
Drove alone	93.5%	84.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut	Emden
1-unit, detached	93.7%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut	Emden
Poverty rate	19.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.36	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1971	1958