Chester vs Evansville

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and Evansville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chester has the higher population (6,830 vs 781 in Evansville). Chester has the higher median household income ($74,673 vs $63,125 in Evansville). Chester has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $84,700 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Evansville
Population	6,830	781
Median age	43.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,673	$63,125
Median home value	$107,800	$84,700
Median gross rent	$642	$775
Housing units	2,342	371
Homeownership rate	71.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Evansville
Population	8,343 → 6,830 (-18.1%)	654 → 781 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$47,885 → $74,673 (+55.9%)	$47,778 → $63,125 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $107,800 (+6.0%)	$65,200 → $84,700 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $642 (+20.0%)	$508 → $775 (+52.6%)

Chester

Population

8,3436,830

Median household income

$47,885$74,673

Median home value

$101,700$107,800

Median gross rent

$535$642

Evansville

Population

654781

Median household income

$47,778$63,125

Median home value

$65,200$84,700

Median gross rent

$508$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Evansville
Under 5	3.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	21.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	20.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.0%
75 and over	6.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Evansville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	97.8%
Black or African American	25.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Evansville
No high school diploma	23.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	43.1%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Evansville
Drove alone	90.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Evansville
1-unit, detached	80.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Evansville
Poverty rate	19.5%	20.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1958	1949