Chapin vs Murrayville

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

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

Murrayville has the higher population (671 vs 618 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($69,213 vs $49,615 in Murrayville). Murrayville has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $83,800 in Chapin).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Murrayville
Population	618	671
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,213	$49,615
Median home value	$83,800	$106,000
Median gross rent	$945	$788
Housing units	232	320
Homeownership rate	85.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Murrayville
Population	468 → 618 (+32.1%)	512 → 671 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,213 (+38.4%)	$59,583 → $49,615 (-16.7%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $83,800 (+9.8%)	$82,500 → $106,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $945 (+23.0%)	$589 → $788 (+33.8%)

Chapin

Population

468618

Median household income

$50,000$69,213

Median home value

$76,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$768$945

Murrayville

Population

512671

Median household income

$59,583$49,615

Median home value

$82,500$106,000

Median gross rent

$589$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Murrayville
Under 5	7.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.6%
75 and over	5.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Murrayville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Murrayville
No high school diploma	5.9%	17.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Murrayville
Drove alone	86.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	9.7%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Murrayville
1-unit, detached	92.7%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Murrayville
Poverty rate	5.7%	19.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1943	1962