Bellevue vs Chillicothe

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

Bellevue 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 2,158 in Bellevue). Chillicothe has the higher median household income ($62,108 vs $60,769 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $128,500 in Chillicothe).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
Population	2,158	6,185
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$62,108
Median home value	$130,300	$128,500
Median gross rent	$748	$798
Housing units	1,024	2,968
Homeownership rate	71.3%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
Population	2,008 → 2,158 (+7.5%)	6,218 → 6,185 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $60,769 (+31.8%)	$48,731 → $62,108 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $130,300 (+58.9%)	$121,900 → $128,500 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $748 (+15.6%)	$724 → $798 (+10.2%)

Bellevue

Population

2,0082,158

Median household income

$46,094$60,769

Median home value

$82,000$130,300

Median gross rent

$647$748

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)

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
Under 5	3.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	23.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	14.9%
75 and over	6.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	86.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	45.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
Drove alone	66.4%	87.9%
Carpooled	16.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
1-unit, detached	69.1%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Chillicothe
Poverty rate	9.7%	14.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1974	1966