Chapin vs Meredosia

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

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

Meredosia has the higher population (937 vs 618 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($69,213 vs $57,500 in Meredosia). Chapin has the higher median home value ($83,800 vs $63,000 in Meredosia).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Meredosia
Population	618	937
Median age	32.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,213	$57,500
Median home value	$83,800	$63,000
Median gross rent	$945	$691
Housing units	232	490
Homeownership rate	85.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Meredosia
Population	468 → 618 (+32.1%)	891 → 937 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,213 (+38.4%)	$54,063 → $57,500 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $83,800 (+9.8%)	$69,400 → $63,000 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $945 (+23.0%)	$578 → $691 (+19.6%)

Chapin

Population

468618

Median household income

$50,000$69,213

Median home value

$76,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$768$945

Meredosia

Population

891937

Median household income

$54,063$57,500

Median home value

$69,400$63,000

Median gross rent

$578$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Meredosia
Under 5	7.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.9%
75 and over	5.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Meredosia
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	94.5%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Meredosia
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Meredosia
Drove alone	86.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.5%
Other means	4.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Meredosia
1-unit, detached	92.7%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Meredosia
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.99	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1943	1966