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Chester town, Dodge County, WI

873 Population
32.7 square miles 26.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dodge County: 42.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,711 ±$6,196 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dodge County: $37,295 ±$778
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$90,625 ±$12,856 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dodge County: $73,992 ±$1,815
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

2.5% ±1.8% (19  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Dodge County: 7.9% † 6,621 (±0.8% / ±701)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

23.7 minutes ±4.3 (8,730  ±2,641) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Dodge County: 23.5 991,175 (±0.7 / ±33,551)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

289 ±49 Number of households
  • Dodge County: 35,723 ±336
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.7 ±0.2 (783  ±141) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dodge County: 2.4 84,464 (±0 / ±192)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

5% ±5.3% (8  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dodge County: 5.6% † 975 (±1.2% / ±200)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

304 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Dodge County: 38,290 ±110
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$239,800 ±$23,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dodge County: $218,400 ±$4,412
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

17.6% ±10.7% (154  ±97.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Dodge County: 9.8% 8,612 (±0.9% / ±822.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

93.3% ±22.7% (588  ±92.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dodge County: 92.5% 59,507 (±2% / ±1,272.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
21% ±4.7% (132  ±38.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dodge County: 19.9% 12,823 (±1% / ±611)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

1.4% ±1.5% (12  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Dodge County: 2.5% 2,211
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.1% ±3% (42  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dodge County: 7.5% 5,337 (±0.6% / ±395)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
42 Total veterans ±22 42 Male ±22 N/A Female ±10

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