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Chester township, Wells County, IN

1,178 Population
35.6 square miles 33.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wells County: 39.8 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,741 ±$14,292 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wells County: $36,845 ±$1,986
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,861 ±$40,954 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wells County: $71,957 ±$3,917
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

0.2% ±0.3% (2  ±4) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wells County: 7.2% † 2,000 (±1.6% / ±441)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±2.4 (13,510  ±5,209) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wells County: 24.2 322,220 (±2 / ±28,981)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

386 ±89 Number of households
  • Wells County: 11,546 ±172
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.4 (1,178  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wells County: 2.4 27,893 (±0 / ±10)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

25% ±23.1% (37  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wells County: 7.1% † 414 (±1.9% / ±108)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

386 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Wells County: 12,074 ±31
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,100 ±$24,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wells County: $197,600 ±$11,866
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±10% (99  ±118.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wells County: 12.8% † 3,597 (±2.5% / ±713.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±33.1% (647  ±145.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wells County: 92.9% 17,782 (±3.7% / ±722.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.2% ±6.5% (56  ±46.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wells County: 20% 3,820 (±1.8% / ±347.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.5% ±4.4% (61  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wells County: 5.7% † 1,229 (±0.9% / ±192)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
61 Total veterans ±39 61 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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