Chatham vs Riverton

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

Chatham and Riverton 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 3,506 in Riverton). Chatham has the higher median household income ($106,030 vs $75,527 in Riverton). Chatham has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $140,000 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Riverton
Population	14,740	3,506
Median age	35.1 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,030	$75,527
Median home value	$231,900	$140,000
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,035
Housing units	5,844	1,790
Homeownership rate	79.6%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Riverton
Population	13,072 → 14,740 (+12.8%)	3,474 → 3,506 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$88,822 → $106,030 (+19.4%)	$39,750 → $75,527 (+90.0%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $231,900 (+22.8%)	$99,300 → $140,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,157 (+10.9%)	$885 → $1,035 (+16.9%)

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

Riverton

Population

3,4743,506

Median household income

$39,750$75,527

Median home value

$99,300$140,000

Median gross rent

$885$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Riverton
Under 5	7.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	18.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	22.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.0%
75 and over	3.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Riverton
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Riverton
Drove alone	77.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	14.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Riverton
1-unit, detached	74.6%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Riverton
Poverty rate	3.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1995	1973