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Chester town, Rockingham County, NH

5,263 Population
26 square miles 202.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rockingham County: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,192 ±$4,506 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rockingham County: $59,710 ±$1,096
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$138,606 ±$17,100 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rockingham County: $113,927 ±$2,867
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

1.6% ±1.2% (82  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Rockingham County: 4.8% † 15,031 (±0.5% / ±1,496)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

35.3 minutes ±3.6 (94,640  ±14,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rockingham County: 29.1 4,142,870 (±0.6 / ±110,986)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

1,827 ±115 Number of households
  • Rockingham County: 126,588 ±777
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.9 ±0.2 (5,249  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rockingham County: 2.5 314,702 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

9.8% ±5.7% (108  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rockingham County: 4.7% † 3,144 (±0.6% / ±430)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

1,911 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Rockingham County: 136,681 ±144
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$479,500 ±$27,939 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rockingham County: $461,400 ±$5,496
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

6.7% ±2.6% (348  ±132.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rockingham County: 9% 28,273 (±0.6% / ±1,954.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

98% ±10.4% (3,670  ±427.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rockingham County: 96.1% 225,879 (±1.5% / ±3,518.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
43.5% ±6.6% (1,628  ±260.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rockingham County: 44.8% 105,250 (±1% / ±2,346.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

3.4% ±2% (178  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rockingham County: 5.3% 16,655
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

10.6% ±3.6% (455  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rockingham County: 7.9% 20,359 (±0.4% / ±1,103)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
455 Total veterans ±153 447 Male ±156 8 Female ±13

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