Chester Center vs Fenwick

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

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

Chester Center has the higher population (1,876 vs 42 in Fenwick). Fenwick has the higher median household income ($166,750 vs $73,542 in Chester Center). Fenwick has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $397,400 in Chester Center).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Fenwick
Population	1,876	42
Median age	50.6 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$166,750
Median home value	$397,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,338	—
Housing units	887	108
Homeownership rate	69.7%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	83.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Fenwick
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	64 → 42 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$161,250 → $166,750 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	—

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

Fenwick

Population

6442

Median household income

$161,250$166,750

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Fenwick
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	2.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	31.0%
65 to 74	23.5%	35.7%
75 and over	9.8%	28.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Fenwick
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Fenwick
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	21.0%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	54.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Fenwick
Drove alone	76.9%	41.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	45.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Center	Fenwick
1-unit, detached	76.3%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Fenwick
Poverty rate	18.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.11	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1956	1938