Alexandria vs Chesterfield

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Chesterfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Alexandria and Chesterfield are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alexandria has the higher population (5,145 vs 2,733 in Chesterfield). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($60,616 vs $58,125 in Chesterfield). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($102,300 vs $92,700 in Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
Population	5,145	2,733
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,616	$58,125
Median home value	$92,700	$102,300
Median gross rent	$813	$957
Housing units	2,631	1,172
Homeownership rate	63.8%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
Population	4,988 → 5,145 (+3.1%)	2,472 → 2,733 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$55,330 → $60,616 (+9.6%)	$44,476 → $58,125 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $92,700 (+28.0%)	$65,700 → $102,300 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $813 (+4.2%)	$823 → $957 (+16.3%)

Alexandria

Population

4,9885,145

Median household income

$55,330$60,616

Median home value

$72,400$92,700

Median gross rent

$780$813

Chesterfield

Population

2,4722,733

Median household income

$44,476$58,125

Median home value

$65,700$102,300

Median gross rent

$823$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	20.0%	18.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
Drove alone	85.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	11.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
1-unit, detached	60.9%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Chesterfield
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1963	1958