Chapin vs Jacksonville

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (17,490 vs 618 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($69,213 vs $62,615 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($128,300 vs $83,800 in Chapin).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Jacksonville
Population	618	17,490
Median age	32.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,213	$62,615
Median home value	$83,800	$128,300
Median gross rent	$945	$703
Housing units	232	7,828
Homeownership rate	85.0%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Jacksonville
Population	468 → 618 (+32.1%)	18,859 → 17,490 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,213 (+38.4%)	$43,976 → $62,615 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $83,800 (+9.8%)	$103,900 → $128,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $945 (+23.0%)	$716 → $703 (-1.8%)

Chapin

Population

468618

Median household income

$50,000$69,213

Median home value

$76,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$768$945

Jacksonville

Population

18,85917,490

Median household income

$43,976$62,615

Median home value

$103,900$128,300

Median gross rent

$716$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Jacksonville
Under 5	7.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	13.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.9%
75 and over	5.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Jacksonville
Drove alone	86.1%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	10.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	92.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	5.7%	16.5%
Average household size	2.99	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1943	1962