Chester vs Percy

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

Chester and Percy 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 1,014 in Percy). Chester has the higher median household income ($74,673 vs $42,813 in Percy). Chester has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $88,500 in Percy).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Percy
Population	6,830	1,014
Median age	43.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,673	$42,813
Median home value	$107,800	$88,500
Median gross rent	$642	$714
Housing units	2,342	515
Homeownership rate	71.0%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Percy
Population	8,343 → 6,830 (-18.1%)	958 → 1,014 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$47,885 → $74,673 (+55.9%)	$36,213 → $42,813 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $107,800 (+6.0%)	$75,000 → $88,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $642 (+20.0%)	$680 → $714 (+5.0%)

Chester

Population

8,3436,830

Median household income

$47,885$74,673

Median home value

$101,700$107,800

Median gross rent

$535$642

Percy

Population

9581,014

Median household income

$36,213$42,813

Median home value

$75,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$680$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Percy
Under 5	3.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	5.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	21.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.5%
75 and over	6.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Percy
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	73.4%
Black or African American	25.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Percy
No high school diploma	23.6%	23.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Percy
Drove alone	90.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Percy
1-unit, detached	80.1%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Percy
Poverty rate	19.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1958	1973