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Chester town, Hampden County, MA

1,486 Population
36.6 square miles 40.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$32,665 ±$3,956 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $29,020 ±$472
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$73,000 ±$20,226 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hampden County: $53,403 ±$860
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

9.5% ±6.4% (140  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 17.1% 77,830 (±0.6% / ±2,806)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

32.5 minutes ±8.5 (23,950  ±4,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.6 4,638,180 (±0.3 / ±70,080)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

582 ±64 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 179,043 ±946
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.5 ±0.1 (1,475  ±168) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 454,428 (±0 / ±737)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

8% ±6% (23  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 5% 5,537 (±0.5% / ±534)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

705 ±67 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 193,525 ±304
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$212,800 ±$21,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampden County: $203,100 ±$2,360
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

13.2% ±4.9% (193  ±75.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 12.5% 58,135 (±0.6% / ±2,942.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

89.1% ±1% (988  ±118.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 85.3% 269,803 (±1% / ±3,217.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
20.6% ±3.7% (228  ±49.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hampden County: 27.2% 85,913 (±0.6% / ±1,849.4)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

3.5% ±2.3% (52  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 8.6% 40,514 (±0.4% / ±1,697)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

13.7% ±3.2% (163  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Hampden County: 7.2% 26,372 (±0.3% / ±1,013)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
163 Total veterans ±43 153 Male ±40 10 Female ±8

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