Chesterton vs Hebron

A side-by-side comparison of Chesterton and Hebron: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesterton has the higher population (14,326 vs 3,712 in Hebron). Chesterton has the higher median household income ($88,536 vs $72,282 in Hebron). Chesterton has the higher median home value ($280,400 vs $172,400 in Hebron).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterton	Hebron
Population	14,326	3,712
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,536	$72,282
Median home value	$280,400	$172,400
Median gross rent	$1,145	$924
Housing units	6,025	1,572
Homeownership rate	71.8%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterton	Hebron
Population	14,119 → 14,326 (+1.5%)	3,692 → 3,712 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$73,977 → $88,536 (+19.7%)	$56,544 → $72,282 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $280,400 (+47.3%)	$150,800 → $172,400 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,145 (+22.7%)	$815 → $924 (+13.4%)

Chesterton

Population

14,11914,326

Median household income

$73,977$88,536

Median home value

$190,400$280,400

Median gross rent

$933$1,145

Hebron

Population

3,6923,712

Median household income

$56,544$72,282

Median home value

$150,800$172,400

Median gross rent

$815$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterton	Hebron
Under 5	7.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.2%
75 and over	8.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterton	Hebron
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	87.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterton	Hebron
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterton	Hebron
Drove alone	70.5%	87.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	8.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterton	Hebron
1-unit, detached	65.5%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Chesterton	Hebron
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1980	1977