Chestnut vs Middletown

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

Chestnut and Middletown 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 236 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($52,857 vs $51,875 in Chestnut). Chestnut has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $66,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut	Middletown
Population	297	236
Median age	47.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$52,857
Median home value	$137,800	$66,300
Median gross rent	—	$810
Housing units	126	128
Homeownership rate	93.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut	Middletown
Population	61 → 297 (+386.9%)	290 → 236 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,875 (+53.5%)	$55,938 → $52,857 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $137,800 (+238.6%)	$61,800 → $66,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $810 (+23.7%)

Chestnut

Population

61297

Median household income

$33,800$51,875

Median home value

$40,700$137,800

Middletown

Population

290236

Median household income

$55,938$52,857

Median home value

$61,800$66,300

Median gross rent

$655$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut	Middletown
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	34.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	2.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	6.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	29.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	6.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.7%
75 and over	13.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	97.9%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut	Middletown
No high school diploma	44.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	55.2%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut	Middletown
Drove alone	93.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut	Middletown
1-unit, detached	93.7%	92.2%
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	6.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut	Middletown
Poverty rate	19.9%	32.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	34
Median year structure built	1971	1947