Burtons Bridge vs Chemung

A side-by-side comparison of Burtons Bridge and Chemung: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chemung has the higher population (251 vs 180 in Burtons Bridge). Burtons Bridge has the higher median household income ($72,000 vs $68,463 in Chemung). Burtons Bridge has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $181,900 in Chemung).

Population, income & housing

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
Population	180	251
Median age	36.0 yrs	75.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,000	$68,463
Median home value	$243,600	$181,900
Housing units	72	154
Homeownership rate	84.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	31.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
Population	273 → 180 (-34.1%)	665 → 251 (-62.3%)
Median household income	$64,271 → $72,000 (+12.0%)	$36,228 → $68,463 (+89.0%)
Median home value	$192,800 → $243,600 (+26.3%)	$154,700 → $181,900 (+17.6%)

Burtons Bridge

Population

273180

Median household income

$64,271$72,000

Median home value

$192,800$243,600

Chemung

Population

665251

Median household income

$36,228$68,463

Median home value

$154,700$181,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
Under 5	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	39.8%
75 and over	19.4%	51.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	100.0%
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	26.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	89.2%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
Drove alone	64.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burtons Bridge	Chemung
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.50	1.73
Median year structure built	1975	1992