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Chester CDP, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Chester CDP is a Census CDP of 681 people across 1.39 square miles of land, in Hampden County. Median household income is $77,143, 66.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Chester
What Chester is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.39 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land488 plus or minus 185
- County holding the largest share of its areaHampden County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chester
How many people live in Chester
- Population681 plus or minus 258
- Median age42.4 plus or minus 10.2
- Population under 18214 plus or minus 121
- Share under 1831.4 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Population 65 and over88 plus or minus 40
- Share 65 and over12.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households242 plus or minus 60
- Family households146 plus or minus 49
- Share of households that are families60.3 percent plus or minus 13.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chester
Income and work in Chester
- Median household income$77,143 plus or minus $22,204
- Per capita income$29,606
- Civilian labor force330 plus or minus 107
- Employed324 plus or minus 107
- Unemployed6 plus or minus 6
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over457 plus or minus 127
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.1 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chester
Housing in Chester
- Housing units302 plus or minus 66
- Occupied units242 plus or minus 60
- Vacant units60 plus or minus 34
- Vacancy rate19.9 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Owner occupied160 plus or minus 48
- Renter occupied82 plus or minus 40
- Ownership rate66.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$257,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,102
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.1 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Single family units220 plus or minus 58
- Share single family72.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more76 plus or minus 45
- Share in buildings of two or more25.2 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chester
How Chester gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute315 plus or minus 107
- Commuting under 15 minutes80 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.4 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more158 plus or minus 63
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.2 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Drove alone90.1 percent
- Carpooled2.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hampden County, not Chester
Hampden County context, not Chester figures
These are Hampden County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Chester measurements.
- Establishments in Hampden County9,339
- Employment at those establishments, Hampden County168,744
- Covered employment, Hampden County202,129
- Average annual pay, Hampden County$62,834
- Average weekly wage, Hampden County$1,208
- Housing units permitted, Hampden County443
- Of those, single family, Hampden County289
- County product, 2024, Hampden County$30,597,888,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hampden County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hampden County$61,357
Every figure in this section is published for Hampden County as a whole and is not a measurement of Chester. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Chester questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chester, Massachusetts?
681, in 242 households. Chester CDP covers 1.39 square miles of land, which is 488 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Chester in?
Hampden County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Chester?
$77,143. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $257,400. Median gross rent is $1,102 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Chester figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hampden County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Chester.
Is zoning published for Chester?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.