Chesterfield vs Mount Clare

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

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

Mount Clare has the higher population (322 vs 244 in Chesterfield). Mount Clare has the higher median household income ($66,125 vs $60,313 in Chesterfield). Mount Clare has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $78,900 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
Population	244	322
Median age	31.6 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$66,125
Median home value	$78,900	$111,100
Median gross rent	—	$569
Housing units	95	122
Homeownership rate	94.9%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
Population	215 → 244 (+13.5%)	255 → 322 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $60,313 (+1.0%)	$28,929 → $66,125 (+128.6%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$79,000 → $111,100 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $569 (-5.2%)

Chesterfield

Population

215244

Median household income

$59,688$60,313

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Mount Clare

Population

255322

Median household income

$28,929$66,125

Median home value

$79,000$111,100

Median gross rent

$600$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
Under 5	7.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.7%
25 to 34	24.2%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.1%
75 and over	1.2%	26.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
Drove alone	83.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
1-unit, detached	90.5%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Mount Clare
Poverty rate	14.8%	16.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	41	34
Median year structure built	1942	1962