Chesterfield vs East Gillespie

A side-by-side comparison of Chesterfield and East Gillespie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Gillespie has the higher population (325 vs 244 in Chesterfield). East Gillespie has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $60,313 in Chesterfield). East Gillespie has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $78,900 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
Population	244	325
Median age	31.6 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$64,167
Median home value	$78,900	$125,000
Median gross rent	—	$840
Housing units	95	148
Homeownership rate	94.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
Population	215 → 244 (+13.5%)	231 → 325 (+40.7%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $60,313 (+1.0%)	$71,250 → $64,167 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$115,000 → $125,000 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$820 → $840 (+2.4%)

Chesterfield

Population

215244

Median household income

$59,688$60,313

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

East Gillespie

Population

231325

Median household income

$71,250$64,167

Median home value

$115,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$820$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
Under 5	7.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	24.2%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.7%
75 and over	1.2%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
No high school diploma	11.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	37.7%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
Drove alone	83.0%	88.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
1-unit, detached	90.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	East Gillespie
Poverty rate	14.8%	6.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	41	29
Median year structure built	1942	1963