Chatham vs Pawnee

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

Chatham and Pawnee 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 2,706 in Pawnee). Chatham has the higher median household income ($106,030 vs $77,977 in Pawnee). Chatham has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $151,100 in Pawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Pawnee
Population	14,740	2,706
Median age	35.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,030	$77,977
Median home value	$231,900	$151,100
Median gross rent	$1,157	$852
Housing units	5,844	1,281
Homeownership rate	79.6%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Pawnee
Population	13,072 → 14,740 (+12.8%)	2,594 → 2,706 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$88,822 → $106,030 (+19.4%)	$71,313 → $77,977 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $231,900 (+22.8%)	$127,000 → $151,100 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,157 (+10.9%)	$908 → $852 (-6.2%)

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

Pawnee

Population

2,5942,706

Median household income

$71,313$77,977

Median home value

$127,000$151,100

Median gross rent

$908$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Pawnee
Under 5	7.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	18.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	19.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.0%
75 and over	3.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Pawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Pawnee
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	13.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Pawnee
Drove alone	77.6%	85.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Pawnee
1-unit, detached	74.6%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Pawnee
Poverty rate	3.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1995	1972