Bartonville vs Chillicothe

A side-by-side comparison of Bartonville and Chillicothe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chillicothe has the higher population (6,185 vs 5,854 in Bartonville). Bartonville has the higher median household income ($67,674 vs $62,108 in Chillicothe). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($128,500 vs $128,000 in Bartonville).

Population, income & housing

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
Population	5,854	6,185
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,674	$62,108
Median home value	$128,000	$128,500
Median gross rent	$1,056	$798
Housing units	2,869	2,968
Homeownership rate	82.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
Population	6,249 → 5,854 (-6.3%)	6,218 → 6,185 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$52,636 → $67,674 (+28.6%)	$48,731 → $62,108 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $128,000 (+16.6%)	$121,900 → $128,500 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,056 (+22.1%)	$724 → $798 (+10.2%)

Bartonville

Population

6,2495,854

Median household income

$52,636$67,674

Median home value

$109,800$128,000

Median gross rent

$865$1,056

Chillicothe

Population

6,2186,185

Median household income

$48,731$62,108

Median home value

$121,900$128,500

Median gross rent

$724$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
Under 5	4.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.9%
75 and over	7.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	41.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
Drove alone	80.7%	87.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
1-unit, detached	90.2%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bartonville	Chillicothe
Poverty rate	6.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1956	1966