Chatham vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (113,714 vs 14,740 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median household income ($106,030 vs $65,537 in Springfield). Chatham has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $155,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Springfield
Population	14,740	113,714
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,030	$65,537
Median home value	$231,900	$155,200
Median gross rent	$1,157	$945
Housing units	5,844	57,220
Homeownership rate	79.6%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Springfield
Population	13,072 → 14,740 (+12.8%)	115,888 → 113,714 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$88,822 → $106,030 (+19.4%)	$54,648 → $65,537 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $231,900 (+22.8%)	$133,400 → $155,200 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,157 (+10.9%)	$805 → $945 (+17.4%)

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

Springfield

Population

115,888113,714

Median household income

$54,648$65,537

Median home value

$133,400$155,200

Median gross rent

$805$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Springfield
Under 5	7.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.4%
75 and over	3.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	69.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Springfield
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	13.8%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Springfield
Drove alone	77.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.1%	12.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Springfield
1-unit, detached	74.6%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Springfield
Poverty rate	3.7%	16.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1995	1971