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Chester town, Hampden County, MA

1,403 Population
36.6 square miles 38.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,093 ±$4,130 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $35,884 ±$527
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$80,947 ±$3,556 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $66,619 ±$1,433
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

6.4% ±4% (90  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 15.8% 71,252 (±0.8% / ±3,805)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

36 minutes ±1.1 (22,685  ±4,421) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.8 4,375,665 (±0.4 / ±87,331)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

521 ±72 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 183,380 ±1,017
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.7 ±0.4 (1,390  ±270) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 451,263 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

689 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 196,957 ±134
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$257,400 ±$22,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hampden County: $258,100 ±$2,681
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

5.2% ±3.9% (73  ±56.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,252 (±0.6% / ±2,532.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

93% ±18.4% (926  ±,124.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 86.7% 275,963 (±1.3% / ±4,067.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
22.3% ±4.8% (222  ±57.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 28.7% 91,226 (±0.7% / ±2,191.5)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

1.9% ±1.7% (27  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 9.3% 43,130
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

9.3% ±2.7% (100  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 6.2% 22,488 (±0.3% / ±1,162)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
100 Total veterans ±32 89 Male ±31 11 Female ±10

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