Chester Center vs Deep River Center

A side-by-side comparison of Chester Center and Deep River Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Chester Center and Deep River Center are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deep River Center has the higher population (2,636 vs 1,876 in Chester Center). Deep River Center has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $73,542 in Chester Center). Chester Center has the higher median home value ($397,400 vs $317,700 in Deep River Center).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
Population	1,876	2,636
Median age	50.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$74,000
Median home value	$397,400	$317,700
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,193
Housing units	887	1,406
Homeownership rate	69.7%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	2,354 → 2,636 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$73,789 → $74,000 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$272,500 → $317,700 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	$1,290 → $1,193 (-7.5%)

Chester Center

Population

1,5661,876

Median household income

$88,708$73,542

Median home value

$355,700$397,400

Median gross rent

$1,478$1,338

Deep River Center

Population

2,3542,636

Median household income

$73,789$74,000

Median home value

$272,500$317,700

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	23.5%	18.1%
75 and over	9.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	80.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	21.0%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
Drove alone	76.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	15.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
1-unit, detached	76.3%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Deep River Center
Poverty rate	18.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.11	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1956	1947