Chesterfield vs Medora

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

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

Medora has the higher population (295 vs 244 in Chesterfield). Medora has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $60,313 in Chesterfield). Medora has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $78,900 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Medora
Population	244	295
Median age	31.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$75,000
Median home value	$78,900	$85,000
Median gross rent	—	$913
Housing units	95	149
Homeownership rate	94.9%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Medora
Population	215 → 244 (+13.5%)	337 → 295 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $60,313 (+1.0%)	$51,250 → $75,000 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$66,300 → $85,000 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$789 → $913 (+15.7%)

Chesterfield

Population

215244

Median household income

$59,688$60,313

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Medora

Population

337295

Median household income

$51,250$75,000

Median home value

$66,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$789$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Medora
Under 5	7.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	24.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.2%
75 and over	1.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Medora
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	91.2%
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	0.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Medora
No high school diploma	11.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Medora
Drove alone	83.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Medora
1-unit, detached	90.5%	89.9%
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	9.5%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Medora
Poverty rate	14.8%	10.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1942	1948