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Chester city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Chester city is a Census city of 2,179 people across 1.00 square miles of land, in Hancock County. Median household income is $56,607, 75.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.2 m.
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Chester
What Chester is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,181 plus or minus 459
- County holding the largest share of its areaHancock 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
- Population2,179 plus or minus 459
- Median age52.8
- Population under 18328 plus or minus 128
- Share under 1815.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over653 plus or minus 222
- Share 65 and over30.0 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Households1,135
- Family households676 plus or minus 193
- Share of households that are families59.6 percent plus or minus 12.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chester
Income and work in Chester
- Median household income$56,607
- Per capita income$31,783
- Civilian labor force991 plus or minus 241
- Employed855 plus or minus 229
- Unemployed136 plus or minus 88
- Unemployment rate13.7 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Adults 25 and over1,784 plus or minus 365
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.7 percent plus or minus 25.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.5 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chester
Housing in Chester
- Housing units1,251
- Occupied units1,135
- Vacant units116 plus or minus 96
- Vacancy rate9.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied856 plus or minus 202
- Renter occupied279 plus or minus 109
- Ownership rate75.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$112,000 plus or minus $31,525
- Median gross rent, monthly$647
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Single family units1,027 plus or minus 215
- Share single family82.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more188 plus or minus 117
- Share in buildings of two or more15.0 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes29 plus or minus 35
- Median year structure built1950
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 commute798 plus or minus 217
- Commuting under 15 minutes242 plus or minus 86
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more491 plus or minus 156
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.5 percent
- Drove alone81.8 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chester
SBA 7(a) lending to Chester borrowers
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$5,187,800
- Average approval$518,780
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,171,000
- Largest approval$2,171,000
- Jobs supported413
- Jobs per approval41.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hancock County, not Chester
Hancock County context, not Chester figures
These are Hancock 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 Hancock County544
- Employment at those establishments, Hancock County7,481
- Covered employment, Hancock County9,147
- Average annual pay, Hancock County$52,483
- Average weekly wage, Hancock County$1,009
- Housing units permitted, Hancock County15
- Of those, single family, Hancock County15
- County product, 2024, Hancock County$1,248,575,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hancock County2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hancock County$46,061
Every figure in this section is published for Hancock 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.
- 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, West Virginia?
2,179, in 1,135 households. Chester city covers 1.00 square miles of land, which is 2,181 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?
Hancock 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?
$56,607. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $112,000. Median gross rent is $647 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Chester businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $5.2 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $500,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chester, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Chester borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Chester. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
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 Hancock 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.
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