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Chester township, Wabash County, IN

6,984 Population
65 square miles 107.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wabash County: 42.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,769 ±$5,295 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wabash County: $35,845 ±$1,945
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,728 ±$8,965 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wabash County: $66,806 ±$3,453
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.7% ±3.8% (526  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wabash County: 11.1% † 3,243 (±2.5% / ±734)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±4.1 (75,625  ±14,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wabash County: 21.5 287,080 (±1.3 / ±20,056)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,634 ±215 Number of households
  • Wabash County: 12,674 ±321
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (6,027  ±25) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wabash County: 2.3 29,204 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±2.3% (29  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wabash County: 3.4% † 223 (±1.3% / ±85)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,938 ±262 Number of housing units
  • Wabash County: 14,097 ±66
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,300 ±$13,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wabash County: $157,200 ±$7,074
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±3.8% (666  ±261.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wabash County: 13% † 3,979 (±2.3% / ±693.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±9% (4,310  ±469) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wabash County: 91.6% 19,859 (±4% / ±870.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.8% ±5.2% (1,123  ±241.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wabash County: 23.1% 5,010 (±2.1% / ±461.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% ±1.1% (140  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wabash County: 1.4% 432
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±1.3% (164  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Wabash County: 6.3% † 1,539 (±0.9% / ±225)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
164 Total veterans ±74 157 Male ±73 7 Female ±11

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