Chester vs Steeleville

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

Chester and Steeleville 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 1,732 in Steeleville). Chester has the higher median household income ($74,673 vs $60,982 in Steeleville). Steeleville has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $107,800 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Steeleville
Population	6,830	1,732
Median age	43.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,673	$60,982
Median home value	$107,800	$155,100
Median gross rent	$642	$775
Housing units	2,342	890
Homeownership rate	71.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Steeleville
Population	8,343 → 6,830 (-18.1%)	2,095 → 1,732 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$47,885 → $74,673 (+55.9%)	$54,213 → $60,982 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $107,800 (+6.0%)	$91,500 → $155,100 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $642 (+20.0%)	$693 → $775 (+11.8%)

Chester

Population

8,3436,830

Median household income

$47,885$74,673

Median home value

$101,700$107,800

Median gross rent

$535$642

Steeleville

Population

2,0951,732

Median household income

$54,213$60,982

Median home value

$91,500$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Steeleville
Under 5	3.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	5.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	21.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.0%
75 and over	6.0%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Steeleville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	92.6%
Black or African American	25.6%	1.7%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Steeleville
No high school diploma	23.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Steeleville
Drove alone	90.5%	90.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	1.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Steeleville
1-unit, detached	80.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Steeleville
Poverty rate	19.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1958	1971