Chapin vs Waverly

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (1,456 vs 618 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($69,213 vs $55,882 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $83,800 in Chapin).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Waverly
Population	618	1,456
Median age	32.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,213	$55,882
Median home value	$83,800	$97,600
Median gross rent	$945	$753
Housing units	232	576
Homeownership rate	85.0%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Waverly
Population	468 → 618 (+32.1%)	1,315 → 1,456 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,213 (+38.4%)	$49,167 → $55,882 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $83,800 (+9.8%)	$77,700 → $97,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $945 (+23.0%)	$671 → $753 (+12.2%)

Chapin

Population

468618

Median household income

$50,000$69,213

Median home value

$76,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$768$945

Waverly

Population

1,3151,456

Median household income

$49,167$55,882

Median home value

$77,700$97,600

Median gross rent

$671$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Waverly
Under 5	7.3%	11.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.4%
75 and over	5.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Waverly
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	39.4%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Waverly
Drove alone	86.1%	86.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.3%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Waverly
1-unit, detached	92.7%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Waverly
Poverty rate	5.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1943	1949