Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Chester town, Orange County, NY

12,621 Population
25 square miles 503.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

39.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Orange County: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$56,511 ±$5,667 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Orange County: $42,019 ±$901
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$146,893 ±$14,313 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Orange County: $96,497 ±$2,376
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

7.4% ±2.1% (907  ±259) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Orange County: 13% 51,238 (±1% / ±3,880)
  • about half the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

41 minutes ±4 (240,940  ±34,082) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Orange County: 34.2 5,551,785 (±0.7 / ±146,574)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

4,458 ±294 Number of households
  • Orange County: 137,311 ±913
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.6 ±0.2 (11,788  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Orange County: 2.9 392,564 (±0 / ±269)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.8% ±3.5% (148  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Orange County: 6.9% † 6,358 (±0.7% / ±645)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

4,763 ±322 Number of housing units
  • Orange County: 148,460 ±168
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$399,700 ±$31,861 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Orange County: $361,100 ±$4,171
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

10.3% ±4.2% (1,289  ±524) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 8.7% 34,634 (±0.7% / ±2,637.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.4% ±7.9% (8,404  ±822.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 89.7% 231,932 (±1.4% / ±3,681.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
40.8% ±5.1% (3,560  ±485.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 32.2% 83,389 (±0.8% / ±2,151)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

9.5% ±2.5% (1,199  ±310) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Orange County: 13% 52,456
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

5.4% ±2.2% (528  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Orange County: 5.6% 16,695 (±0.3% / ±967)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
528 Total veterans ±214 504 Male ±205 24 Female ±38

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.