Chapin vs Franklin

A side-by-side comparison of Chapin and Franklin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chapin has the higher population (618 vs 554 in Franklin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($69,213 vs $66,250 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $83,800 in Chapin).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Franklin
Population	618	554
Median age	32.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,213	$66,250
Median home value	$83,800	$103,300
Median gross rent	$945	$915
Housing units	232	236
Homeownership rate	85.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Franklin
Population	468 → 618 (+32.1%)	565 → 554 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,213 (+38.4%)	$65,962 → $66,250 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $83,800 (+9.8%)	$91,900 → $103,300 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $945 (+23.0%)	$775 → $915 (+18.1%)

Chapin

Population

468618

Median household income

$50,000$69,213

Median home value

$76,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$768$945

Franklin

Population

565554

Median household income

$65,962$66,250

Median home value

$91,900$103,300

Median gross rent

$775$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Franklin
Under 5	7.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.9%
75 and over	5.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	97.8%
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	5.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Franklin
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	39.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Franklin
Drove alone	86.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	12.4%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Franklin
1-unit, detached	92.7%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Franklin
Poverty rate	5.7%	7.3%
Average household size	2.99	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1943	1965