Chester vs Red Bud

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

Chester and Red Bud 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 3,789 in Red Bud). Chester has the higher median household income ($74,673 vs $68,051 in Red Bud). Red Bud has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $107,800 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Red Bud
Population	6,830	3,789
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,673	$68,051
Median home value	$107,800	$170,300
Median gross rent	$642	$810
Housing units	2,342	1,623
Homeownership rate	71.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Red Bud
Population	8,343 → 6,830 (-18.1%)	3,539 → 3,789 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$47,885 → $74,673 (+55.9%)	$59,205 → $68,051 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $107,800 (+6.0%)	$139,900 → $170,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $642 (+20.0%)	$710 → $810 (+14.1%)

Chester

Population

8,3436,830

Median household income

$47,885$74,673

Median home value

$101,700$107,800

Median gross rent

$535$642

Red Bud

Population

3,5393,789

Median household income

$59,205$68,051

Median home value

$139,900$170,300

Median gross rent

$710$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Red Bud
Under 5	3.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	21.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.9%	6.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.6%
75 and over	6.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Red Bud
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	25.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Red Bud
No high school diploma	23.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Red Bud
Drove alone	90.5%	72.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Red Bud
1-unit, detached	80.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Red Bud
Poverty rate	19.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1958	1981