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Chester town, Windsor County, VT

2,998 Population
55.7 square miles 53.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Windsor County: 47.8 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 43 ±0.2

Economics

$40,246 ±$5,906 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Windsor County: $47,344 ±$1,731
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $44,365 ±$525
$67,031 ±$10,434 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Windsor County: $75,247 ±$3,153
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $78,024 ±$1,357

6% ±5.3% (179  ±158) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Windsor County: 8.7% † 4,981 (±1.3% / ±762)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 10.3% 63,902 (±0.4% / ±2,288)

24.5 minutes ±3.4 (33,875  ±7,827) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Windsor County: 23.4 565,425 (±0.5 / ±24,021)
  • a little higher than the figure in Vermont: 23.4 6,579,490 (±0.1 / ±81,792)

Families

1,305 ±139 Number of households
  • Windsor County: 24,873 ±442
  • Vermont: 269,466 ±1,559
2.3 ±0.3 (2,998  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Windsor County: 2.3 57,070 (±0 / ±43)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 2.3 620,334

1.3% ±2.2% (7  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Windsor County: 2.9% † 335 (±1.1% / ±126)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vermont: 4% 5,652 (±0.4% / ±530)

Housing

1,849 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Windsor County: 34,773 ±61
  • Vermont: 337,072 ±133

$231,100 ±$31,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Windsor County: $267,400 ±$11,685
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vermont: $290,500 ±$2,466

7.1% ±3.7% (212  ±111.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Windsor County: 10.9% † 6,278 (±1.6% / ±890.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 12.2% 78,305 (±0.5% / ±2,940.1)

Social

95.7% ±12.9% (2,144  ±329.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Windsor County: 94.9% 41,650 (±2.7% / ±1,206.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.5% 437,670 (±0.8% / ±3,850.8)
38.5% ±7.8% (862  ±185.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Windsor County: 41.9% 18,395 (±1.7% / ±725.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 42.6% 197,369 (±0.6% / ±2,637.6)

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

6% ±5.1% (180  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Windsor County: 3.8% 2,181
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,968

9.4% ±6.4% (240  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Windsor County: 7.1% † 3,364 (±0.8% / ±398)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,076 (±0.2% / ±1,086)
240 Total veterans ±163 240 Male ±163 N/A Female ±10

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