Chesterfield vs Sawyerville

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

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

Chesterfield has the higher population (244 vs 209 in Sawyerville). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $46,429 in Sawyerville). Sawyerville has the higher median home value ($89,200 vs $78,900 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
Population	244	209
Median age	31.6 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$46,429
Median home value	$78,900	$89,200
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	95	143
Homeownership rate	94.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
Population	215 → 244 (+13.5%)	247 → 209 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $60,313 (+1.0%)	$34,688 → $46,429 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$79,400 → $89,200 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$841 → $900 (+7.0%)

Chesterfield

Population

215244

Median household income

$59,688$60,313

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Sawyerville

Population

247209

Median household income

$34,688$46,429

Median home value

$79,400$89,200

Median gross rent

$841$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
Under 5	7.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	24.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	3.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	22.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	19.6%
75 and over	1.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
No high school diploma	11.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	37.7%	57.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
Drove alone	83.0%	93.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
1-unit, detached	90.5%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Sawyerville
Poverty rate	14.8%	10.8%
Average household size	3.09	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	41	46
Median year structure built	1942	1976