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Chester township, Geauga County, OH

9,965 Population
23.4 square miles 426 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Geauga County: 45 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,957 ±$5,292 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Geauga County: $53,583 ±$2,096
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$111,159 ±$11,247 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Geauga County: $107,860 ±$4,878
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.7% ±2.8% (763  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Geauga County: 5.6% † 5,259 (±1% / ±952)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±4.9 (102,770  ±13,634) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Geauga County: 27 1,058,865 (±0.9 / ±46,698)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,076 ±202 Number of households
  • Geauga County: 35,807 ±426
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (9,930  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Geauga County: 2.6 94,359 (±0 / ±16)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±3.9% (132  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Geauga County: 5.4% † 966 (±1.2% / ±212)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,227 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Geauga County: 37,716 ±55
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$320,800 ±$24,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Geauga County: $331,100 ±$8,220
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.6% ±2% (447  ±195.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Geauga County: 7.4% † 6,946 (±1% / ±946.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±7% (7,055  ±584.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Geauga County: 91.8% 61,246 (±2.4% / ±1,626.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.8% ±5% (3,079  ±393.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Geauga County: 40.9% 27,275 (±1.6% / ±1,038.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

5.2% ±1.8% (516  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Geauga County: 2.7% 2,547
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.7% ±3.1% (886  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Geauga County: 6.5% † 4,828 (±0.7% / ±521)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
886 Total veterans ±258 873 Male ±260 13 Female ±23

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