Chesterfield vs Lapel

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

Chesterfield and Lapel 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 2,568 in Lapel). Lapel has the higher median household income ($77,563 vs $58,125 in Chesterfield). Lapel has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $102,300 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Lapel
Population	2,733	2,568
Median age	40.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$77,563
Median home value	$102,300	$201,900
Median gross rent	$957	$1,229
Housing units	1,172	1,037
Homeownership rate	70.6%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Lapel
Population	2,472 → 2,733 (+10.6%)	2,358 → 2,568 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$44,476 → $58,125 (+30.7%)	$57,845 → $77,563 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $102,300 (+55.7%)	$116,200 → $201,900 (+73.8%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $957 (+16.3%)	$800 → $1,229 (+53.6%)

Chesterfield

Population

2,4722,733

Median household income

$44,476$58,125

Median home value

$65,700$102,300

Median gross rent

$823$957

Lapel

Population

2,3582,568

Median household income

$57,845$77,563

Median home value

$116,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Lapel
Under 5	4.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	18.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.1%
75 and over	6.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Lapel
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	90.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Lapel
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Lapel
Drove alone	75.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Lapel
1-unit, detached	81.2%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Lapel
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1958	1972