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Chester town, Hampden County, MA

1,240 Population
36.6 square miles 33.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 40 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$41,424 ±$6,500 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $38,219 ±$597
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$89,390 ±$5,795 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $71,306 ±$1,758
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

1.8% ±1.3% (22  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 16.3% 73,610 (±0.8% / ±3,424)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

31.8 minutes ±8 (19,315  ±3,355) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.8 4,264,735 (±0.3 / ±86,477)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

486 ±69 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,471 ±919
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.4 (1,235  ±259) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 449,447 (±0 / ±150)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

1.9% ±2.2% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 4.7% † 5,082 (±0.6% / ±681)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

686 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,591 ±170
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$281,900 ±$13,837 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hampden County: $298,800 ±$3,575
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

1.5% ±1.5% (18  ±19.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 8.3% 38,001 (±0.5% / ±2,450.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

94.9% ±1.6% (862  ±125.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 87.2% 279,909 (±1.3% / ±4,229.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
27.3% ±4.9% (248  ±56.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 29.3% 94,089 (±0.8% / ±2,496.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

2.2% ±1.6% (27  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,693
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

4.8% ±1.7% (45  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 5.5% 20,195 (±0.3% / ±1,039)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
45 Total veterans ±17 32 Male ±13 13 Female ±10

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