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Chester, NE

274 Population
0.6 square miles 467.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±9.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Thayer County: 46.2 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,815 ±$4,640 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Thayer County: $34,314 ±$1,975
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$54,875 ±$35,360 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thayer County: $63,095 ±$3,537
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

12% ±5.2% (33  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Thayer County: 9% † 433 (±2% / ±97)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

12.7 minutes ±0.4 (1,610  ±576) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thayer County: 14.2 31,850 (±1.2 / ±3,152)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

109 ±30 Number of households
  • Thayer County: 2,082 ±85
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.5 ±0.1 (274  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Thayer County: 2.3 4,814 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

14.6% ±16% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Thayer County: 4.6% † 41 (±2.1% / ±19)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

135 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Thayer County: 2,518 ±43
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$72,600 ±$12,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Thayer County: $106,200 ±$9,501
  • about one-third of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

4.1% ±6.2% (11  ±16.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Thayer County: 8.4% † 412 (±1.9% / ±94.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

96.1% ±36.7% (174  ±46.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Thayer County: 94.4% 3,294 (±5.2% / ±180.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
14.9% ±12.7% (27  ±24.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Thayer County: 23% † 803 (±2.7% / ±93)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

0.7% ±1.1% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Thayer County: 0.7% 33
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

7.1% ±6.4% (14  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Thayer County: 7.2% † 274 (±1.3% / ±49)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
14 Total veterans ±13 6 Male ±8 8 Female ±10

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