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Chester, GA

1,708 Population
0.9 square miles 1,939.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dodge County: 42.4 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$7,684 ±$2,374 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in Dodge County: $24,702 ±$1,804
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$47,500 ±$26,945 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dodge County: $50,152 † ±$5,421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

36.2% ±21% (188  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dodge County: 22.2% † 4,040 (±3.7% / ±680)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

32.6 minutes ±10.2 (7,530  ±3,710) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dodge County: 28.7 204,185 (±2.7 / ±22,626)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

168 ±59 Number of households
  • Dodge County: 6,657 ±304
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
3.1 ±0.2 (519  ±186) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dodge County: 2.7 18,222 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

5.5% ±9.7% (6  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dodge County: 3.7% † 144 (±2.4% / ±93)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

231 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Dodge County: 8,584 ±23
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$78,300 ±$57,304 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dodge County: $108,700 † ±$15,997
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

25.9% ±5.9% (441  ±112) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Dodge County: 7.7% † 1,517 (±1.7% / ±335.6)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

77.3% ±8.5% (1,063  ±150.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dodge County: 86.1% 12,341 (±5.5% / ±798.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
6% ±3.6% (82  ±49.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dodge County: 15.2% † 2,185 (±2.4% / ±339)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

4.1% ±2.7% (70  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Dodge County: 1.6% 309
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

3.8% ±2% (61  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dodge County: 5.7% † 916 (±1% / ±162)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
61 Total veterans ±33 58 Male ±32 3 Female ±5

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