Chesterfield vs Frankton

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

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

Chesterfield has the higher population (2,733 vs 1,789 in Frankton). Frankton has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $58,125 in Chesterfield). Frankton has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $102,300 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Frankton
Population	2,733	1,789
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$64,500
Median home value	$102,300	$120,200
Median gross rent	$957	$1,000
Housing units	1,172	760
Homeownership rate	70.6%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Frankton
Population	2,472 → 2,733 (+10.6%)	2,088 → 1,789 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$44,476 → $58,125 (+30.7%)	$51,107 → $64,500 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $102,300 (+55.7%)	$85,700 → $120,200 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $957 (+16.3%)	$729 → $1,000 (+37.2%)

Chesterfield

Population

2,4722,733

Median household income

$44,476$58,125

Median home value

$65,700$102,300

Median gross rent

$823$957

Frankton

Population

2,0881,789

Median household income

$51,107$64,500

Median home value

$85,700$120,200

Median gross rent

$729$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Frankton
Under 5	4.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	18.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	6.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Frankton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Frankton
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Frankton
Drove alone	75.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Frankton
1-unit, detached	81.2%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Frankton
Poverty rate	11.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1958	1965