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Chester town, Windsor County, VT

2,992 Population
55.7 square miles 53.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Windsor County: 47.6 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,892 ±$6,736 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Windsor County: $48,626 ±$1,953
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,125 ±$7,868 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Windsor County: $77,594 ±$3,244
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±5.5% (208  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Windsor County: 9.2% † 5,272 (±1.5% / ±834)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±2.8 (35,660  ±7,263) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Windsor County: 22.9 531,620 (±0.2 / ±21,717)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,304 ±140 Number of households
  • Windsor County: 25,293 ±446
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (2,992  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Windsor County: 2.3 57,076 (±0 / ±56)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±2.7% (11  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Windsor County: 4.5% † 519 (±1.8% / ±210)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,889 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Windsor County: 34,846 ±67
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$232,900 ±$44,388 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Windsor County: $296,400 ±$13,572
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±4.6% (276  ±138.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Windsor County: 10.5% † 6,015 (±1.3% / ±746)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±13.6% (2,167  ±342.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Windsor County: 94.9% 41,793 (±2.9% / ±1,292.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.1% ±8.1% (747  ±189.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Windsor County: 43% 18,913 (±1.8% / ±794)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.8% ±2.3% (83  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Windsor County: 3.2% 1,857
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.7% ±6.8% (274  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Windsor County: 7% 3,323 (±0.7% / ±331)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
274 Total veterans ±175 274 Male ±175 N/A Female ±10

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