Chapin vs Woodson

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

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

Chapin has the higher population (618 vs 592 in Woodson). Woodson has the higher median household income ($85,469 vs $69,213 in Chapin). Woodson has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $83,800 in Chapin).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Woodson
Population	618	592
Median age	32.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,213	$85,469
Median home value	$83,800	$125,800
Median gross rent	$945	$908
Housing units	232	256
Homeownership rate	85.0%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Woodson
Population	468 → 618 (+32.1%)	433 → 592 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,213 (+38.4%)	$58,333 → $85,469 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $83,800 (+9.8%)	$111,700 → $125,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $945 (+23.0%)	$588 → $908 (+54.4%)

Chapin

Population

468618

Median household income

$50,000$69,213

Median home value

$76,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$768$945

Woodson

Population

433592

Median household income

$58,333$85,469

Median home value

$111,700$125,800

Median gross rent

$588$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Woodson
Under 5	7.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	25.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.8%
75 and over	5.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Woodson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Woodson
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Woodson
Drove alone	86.1%	95.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	1.7%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Woodson
1-unit, detached	92.7%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Woodson
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.99	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1943	1977