Auburn vs Chatham

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn and Chatham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham has the higher population (14,740 vs 4,357 in Auburn). Chatham has the higher median household income ($106,030 vs $79,475 in Auburn). Chatham has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $145,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Chatham
Population	4,357	14,740
Median age	36.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,475	$106,030
Median home value	$145,400	$231,900
Median gross rent	$911	$1,157
Housing units	1,653	5,844
Homeownership rate	84.9%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Chatham
Population	4,697 → 4,357 (-7.2%)	13,072 → 14,740 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$57,465 → $79,475 (+38.3%)	$88,822 → $106,030 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $145,400 (+28.2%)	$188,900 → $231,900 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)	$1,043 → $1,157 (+10.9%)

Auburn

Population

4,6974,357

Median household income

$57,465$79,475

Median home value

$113,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$846$911

Chatham

Population

13,07214,740

Median household income

$88,822$106,030

Median home value

$188,900$231,900

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Chatham
Under 5	5.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	23.6%	23.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	18.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.7%
75 and over	5.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Chatham
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	39.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Chatham
Drove alone	88.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Chatham
1-unit, detached	88.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Chatham
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1973	1995