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Chester, IL

6,830 Population
5.8 square miles 1,183.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Randolph County: 43 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,523 ±$2,889 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Randolph County: $31,900 ±$1,564
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$74,673 ±$15,023 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Randolph County: $68,870 ±$5,384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

19.6% ±5.7% (835  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Randolph County: 12.3% † 3,343 (±1.9% / ±526)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

20.8 minutes ±4.6 (42,785  ±10,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Randolph County: 23.4 276,150 (±1.8 / ±24,156)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,951 ±196 Number of households
  • Randolph County: 11,671 ±582
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.2 (4,041  ±178) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Randolph County: 2.3 27,031 (±0.1 / ±178)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.6% ±5.6% (37  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Randolph County: 6.5% † 346 (±2% / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

2,342 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Randolph County: 13,400 ±587
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$107,800 ±$8,573 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Randolph County: $134,100 ±$9,566
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

18.9% ±5% (1,288  ±338.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Randolph County: 10.9% † 3,248 (±1.6% / ±486.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

76.4% ±5.8% (4,397  ±361) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Randolph County: 87.9% 19,165 (±3.1% / ±707.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
7.8% ±2.2% (447  ±128.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Randolph County: 14.2% † 3,099 (±1.6% / ±355.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±0.8% (109  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Randolph County: 2.2% 676
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8% ±2.6% (492  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Randolph County: 8.6% † 2,048 (±1.1% / ±260)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
492 Total veterans ±157 454 Male ±138 38 Female ±41

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