Chestnut vs Hartsburg

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

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

Hartsburg has the higher population (441 vs 297 in Chestnut). Hartsburg has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $51,875 in Chestnut). Chestnut has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $89,500 in Hartsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
Population	297	441
Median age	47.4 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$72,500
Median home value	$137,800	$89,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,055
Housing units	126	225
Homeownership rate	93.7%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
Population	61 → 297 (+386.9%)	264 → 441 (+67.0%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,875 (+53.5%)	$51,667 → $72,500 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $137,800 (+238.6%)	$80,700 → $89,500 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$681 → $1,055 (+54.9%)

Chestnut

Population

61297

Median household income

$33,800$51,875

Median home value

$40,700$137,800

Hartsburg

Population

264441

Median household income

$51,667$72,500

Median home value

$80,700$89,500

Median gross rent

$681$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	34.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.7%
25 to 34	2.7%	20.6%
35 to 44	6.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	29.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	6.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.1%
75 and over	13.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	87.1%
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%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
No high school diploma	44.8%	2.0%
High school graduate	55.2%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
Drove alone	93.5%	74.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
1-unit, detached	93.7%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut	Hartsburg
Poverty rate	19.9%	0.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1971	1952