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Chester, CA

2,022 Population
7.3 square miles 277.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±21.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plumas County: 52.1 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,687 ±$8,743 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plumas County: $41,604 ±$2,971
  • a little less than the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$80,142 ±$28,343 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Plumas County: $64,946 ±$4,399
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

5.9% ±3.1% (118  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Plumas County: 10.7% † 2,075 (±2.8% / ±538)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

17 minutes ±7.7 (15,350  ±9,103) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plumas County: 19.8 † 126,340 (±2.2 / ±18,663)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

874 ±188 Number of households
  • Plumas County: 8,055 ±367
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.3 ±0.3 (1,996  ±497) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Plumas County: 2.4 19,214 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

17% ±18.4% (57  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Plumas County: 8.7% † 296 (±6% / ±204)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

1,303 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Plumas County: 15,037 ±29
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$241,400 ±$48,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Plumas County: $327,400 ±$20,833
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

15.5% ±9% (305  ±191.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plumas County: 13.5% † 2,613 (±3.2% / ±625.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

90.1% ±30.1% (1,385  ±318.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Plumas County: 94% 14,293 (±5.7% / ±876.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
21.5% ±8.7% (331  ±155.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plumas County: 20.5% † 3,112 (±2.7% / ±417.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

0.1% ±0.1% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Plumas County: 3.6% 699
  • California: 26.7% 10,479,526

9.4% ±6.6% (156  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plumas County: 11% † 1,777 (±1.9% / ±312)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
156 Total veterans ±115 91 Male ±73 65 Female ±66

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