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Chester Township School District, NJ

9,068 Population
30.7 square miles 295.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$96,529 ±$10,587 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Morris County: $69,226 ±$1,093
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$236,842 ±$27,539 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Morris County: $134,929 ±$2,240
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3.2% ±1.4% (293  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morris County: 5.1% 25,572 (±0.4% / ±2,123)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

35.6 minutes ±2.8 (110,295  ±18,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 30.1 6,422,175 (±0.4 / ±119,357)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

3,132 ±193 Number of households
  • Morris County: 191,840 ±754
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.9 ±0.2 (8,975  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 2.6 501,472 (±0 / ±167)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4.6% ±3.9% (90  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Morris County: 5.1% † 5,734 (±0.6% / ±659)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

3,246 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 198,611 ±121
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$772,600 ±$67,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Morris County: $557,000 ±$6,340
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6.1% ±2.9% (550  ±258.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morris County: 8.7% 44,137 (±0.6% / ±2,937.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.7% ±7.1% (6,093  ±534.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Morris County: 95.1% 344,618 (±1.1% / ±4,107.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
69.8% ±6.4% (4,312  ±451.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 57.3% 207,434 (±0.8% / ±2,918.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

8.5% ±2.1% (772  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Morris County: 19.6% 100,222
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.9% ±1.5% (274  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 3.5% 14,313 (±0.2% / ±912)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
274 Total veterans ±107 264 Male ±104 10 Female ±10

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