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Chester, VA

23,519 Population
13.2 square miles 1,787.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,983 ±$3,067 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $46,237 ±$566
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$88,455 ±$8,326 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $84,405 ±$914
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

7.8% ±2.8% (1,820  ±655) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 10% 128,665 (±0.4% / ±4,871)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

28.5 minutes ±2.1 (288,980  ±34,766) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 25.5 14,295,135 (±0.2 / ±169,299)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

9,203 ±499 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 523,778 ±1,857
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.6 ±0.1 (23,515  ±1,539) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.5 1,293,209 (±0 / ±509)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

5.6% ±2.6% (318  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 4.9% 15,502 (±0.3% / ±1,077)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

9,697 ±503 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 561,343 ±276
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$290,600 ±$9,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $325,800 ±$2,471
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

13.6% ±4.3% (3,177  ±1,024.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 13.9% 183,102 (±0.4% / ±5,388.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

92.8% ±5% (15,096  ±1,189) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 91.9% 850,427 (±0.8% / ±7,121.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
32.6% ±3.3% (5,312  ±612) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 40.2% 371,944 (±0.5% / ±4,498.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

6.2% ±2.2% (1,467  ±522) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 8.7% 115,941
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

10.3% ±2.4% (1,847  ±445) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.9% 81,308 (±0.2% / ±2,415)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
1,847 Total veterans ±445 1,672 Male ±440 175 Female ±107

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