Chester vs Quincy

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and Quincy: population, income, housing, and more.

Chester and Quincy are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chester has the higher population (2,022 vs 1,580 in Quincy). Quincy has the higher median household income ($87,008 vs $80,142 in Chester). Quincy has the higher median home value ($284,500 vs $241,400 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Quincy
Population	2,022	1,580
Median age	46.5 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,142	$87,008
Median home value	$241,400	$284,500
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	1,303	799
Homeownership rate	81.6%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Quincy
Population	2,145 → 2,022 (-5.7%)	1,952 → 1,580 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$57,125 → $80,142 (+40.3%)	$52,907 → $87,008 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$207,100 → $241,400 (+16.6%)	$274,500 → $284,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $798 (+25.5%)	$941 → $1,030 (+9.5%)

Chester

Population

2,1452,022

Median household income

$57,125$80,142

Median home value

$207,100$241,400

Median gross rent

$636$798

Quincy

Population

1,9521,580

Median household income

$52,907$87,008

Median home value

$274,500$284,500

Median gross rent

$941$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Quincy
Under 5	4.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	2.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	5.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	42.9%
65 to 74	23.9%	10.4%
75 and over	9.1%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Quincy
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Quincy
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Quincy
Drove alone	84.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	24.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Quincy
1-unit, detached	75.2%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Quincy
Poverty rate	5.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1975	1967