Chestnut vs Latham

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

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

Latham has the higher population (322 vs 297 in Chestnut). Latham has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $51,875 in Chestnut). Chestnut has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $79,000 in Latham).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut	Latham
Population	297	322
Median age	47.4 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$76,667
Median home value	$137,800	$79,000
Median gross rent	—	$936
Housing units	126	161
Homeownership rate	93.7%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut	Latham
Population	61 → 297 (+386.9%)	409 → 322 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,875 (+53.5%)	$53,963 → $76,667 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $137,800 (+238.6%)	$91,300 → $79,000 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$488 → $936 (+91.8%)

Chestnut

Population

61297

Median household income

$33,800$51,875

Median home value

$40,700$137,800

Latham

Population

409322

Median household income

$53,963$76,667

Median home value

$91,300$79,000

Median gross rent

$488$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut	Latham
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	34.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	2.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	6.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	29.3%	23.6%
55 to 64	6.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	14.6%
75 and over	13.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut	Latham
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut	Latham
No high school diploma	44.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	55.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut	Latham
Drove alone	93.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut	Latham
1-unit, detached	93.7%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut	Latham
Poverty rate	19.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1971	1943