Chapin vs South Jacksonville

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

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

South Jacksonville has the higher population (3,255 vs 618 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($69,213 vs $53,438 in South Jacksonville). South Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $83,800 in Chapin).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
Population	618	3,255
Median age	32.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,213	$53,438
Median home value	$83,800	$137,100
Median gross rent	$945	$631
Housing units	232	1,779
Homeownership rate	85.0%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
Population	468 → 618 (+32.1%)	3,171 → 3,255 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,213 (+38.4%)	$53,781 → $53,438 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $83,800 (+9.8%)	$111,400 → $137,100 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $945 (+23.0%)	$725 → $631 (-13.0%)

Chapin

Population

468618

Median household income

$50,000$69,213

Median home value

$76,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$768$945

South Jacksonville

Population

3,1713,255

Median household income

$53,781$53,438

Median home value

$111,400$137,100

Median gross rent

$725$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
Under 5	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.8%
75 and over	5.7%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	39.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
Drove alone	86.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.2%
Other means	4.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	92.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	South Jacksonville
Poverty rate	5.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.99	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1943	1969