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Chester, WV

2,302 Population
1 square miles 2,304.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,479 ±$5,197 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: $32,687 ±$888
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$63,750 ±$18,725 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: $57,149 ±$2,183
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

10.1% ±4.9% (233  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 15.5% 17,366 (±1.2% / ±1,311)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

29.8 minutes ±4.9 (25,225  ±7,522) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 24.1 1,103,250 (±0.8 / ±44,570)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,188 ±181 Number of households
  • the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 49,455 ±550
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
1.9 ±0.1 (2,302  ±374) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 2.3 111,939 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,332 ±222 Number of housing units
  • the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 56,036 ±68
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$110,600 ±$13,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: $121,400 ±$2,808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

11.2% ±7.2% (257  ±169.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 10.2% 11,655 (±0.8% / ±951.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

87.8% ±9.5% (1,681  ±327.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 92% 76,854 (±2% / ±1,658.1)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
26.2% ±9.8% (501  ±204) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 20.7% 17,302 (±1.1% / ±891)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.3% ±4.7% (181  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 7.7% 7,239 (±0.6% / ±572)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
181 Total veterans ±96 181 Male ±96 N/A Female ±13

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