Chesterfield vs Royal Lakes

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

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

Royal Lakes has the higher population (318 vs 244 in Chesterfield). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($78,900 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs +13.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
Population	244	318
Median age	31.6 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	—
Median home value	$78,900	$54,400
Median gross rent	—	$283
Housing units	95	136
Homeownership rate	94.9%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
Population	215 → 244 (+13.5%)	188 → 318 (+69.1%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $60,313 (+1.0%)	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)

Chesterfield

Population

215244

Median household income

$59,688$60,313

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Royal Lakes

Population

188318

Median household income

$30,781$18,000

Median home value

$60,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$581$283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
Under 5	7.8%	0.6%
5 to 17	20.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	27.4%
25 to 34	24.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	2.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.2%
75 and over	1.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	24.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	74.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
No high school diploma	11.9%	28.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
Drove alone	83.0%	56.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	30.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
1-unit, detached	90.5%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Royal Lakes
Poverty rate	14.8%	30.5%
Average household size	3.09	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	41	—
Median year structure built	1942	1999