Chesterfield vs Elwood

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

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

Elwood has the higher population (8,320 vs 2,733 in Chesterfield). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $54,084 in Elwood). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($102,300 vs $92,800 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Elwood
Population	2,733	8,320
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$54,084
Median home value	$102,300	$92,800
Median gross rent	$957	$838
Housing units	1,172	4,028
Homeownership rate	70.6%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Elwood
Population	2,472 → 2,733 (+10.6%)	8,441 → 8,320 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$44,476 → $58,125 (+30.7%)	$41,777 → $54,084 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $102,300 (+55.7%)	$68,800 → $92,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $957 (+16.3%)	$697 → $838 (+20.2%)

Chesterfield

Population

2,4722,733

Median household income

$44,476$58,125

Median home value

$65,700$102,300

Median gross rent

$823$957

Elwood

Population

8,4418,320

Median household income

$41,777$54,084

Median home value

$68,800$92,800

Median gross rent

$697$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Elwood
Under 5	4.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	18.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.7%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Elwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Elwood
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	43.1%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Elwood
Drove alone	75.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	19.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Elwood
1-unit, detached	81.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Elwood
Poverty rate	11.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1958	1952