Chester Center vs Higganum

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

Chester Center and Higganum 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 1,549 in Higganum). Higganum has the higher median household income ($134,750 vs $73,542 in Chester Center). Chester Center has the higher median home value ($397,400 vs $361,600 in Higganum).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Higganum
Population	1,876	1,549
Median age	50.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$134,750
Median home value	$397,400	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,568
Housing units	887	764
Homeownership rate	69.7%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Higganum
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	1,285 → 1,549 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$101,786 → $134,750 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$310,400 → $361,600 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	$831 → $1,568 (+88.7%)

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

Higganum

Population

1,2851,549

Median household income

$101,786$134,750

Median home value

$310,400$361,600

Median gross rent

$831$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Higganum
Under 5	6.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	23.5%	14.4%
75 and over	9.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Higganum
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Higganum
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Higganum
Drove alone	76.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.5%	4.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	13.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Center	Higganum
1-unit, detached	76.3%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Higganum
Poverty rate	18.8%	1.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1956	1960