Chester Center vs Madison Center

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

Chester Center and Madison Center 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 1,818 in Madison Center). Madison Center has the higher median household income ($190,769 vs $73,542 in Chester Center). Madison Center has the higher median home value ($816,800 vs $397,400 in Chester Center).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Madison Center
Population	1,876	1,818
Median age	50.6 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$190,769
Median home value	$397,400	$816,800
Median gross rent	$1,338	$2,079
Housing units	887	1,118
Homeownership rate	69.7%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Madison Center
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	2,197 → 1,818 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$62,596 → $190,769 (+204.8%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$583,500 → $816,800 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	$1,286 → $2,079 (+61.7%)

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

Madison Center

Population

2,1971,818

Median household income

$62,596$190,769

Median home value

$583,500$816,800

Median gross rent

$1,286$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Madison Center
Under 5	6.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	22.1%
65 to 74	23.5%	20.7%
75 and over	9.8%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Madison Center
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Madison Center
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.1%
High school graduate	21.0%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Madison Center
Drove alone	76.9%	61.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.5%	4.3%
Walked	1.1%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	22.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Center	Madison Center
1-unit, detached	76.3%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Madison Center
Poverty rate	18.8%	4.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1956	1969