Chester Center vs Moodus

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

Chester Center and Moodus 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 1,815 in Moodus). Moodus has the higher median household income ($88,482 vs $73,542 in Chester Center). Chester Center has the higher median home value ($397,400 vs $259,000 in Moodus).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Moodus
Population	1,876	1,815
Median age	50.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$88,482
Median home value	$397,400	$259,000
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,151
Housing units	887	961
Homeownership rate	69.7%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Moodus
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	1,391 → 1,815 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$83,636 → $88,482 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$263,900 → $259,000 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	$1,023 → $1,151 (+12.5%)

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

Moodus

Population

1,3911,815

Median household income

$83,636$88,482

Median home value

$263,900$259,000

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Moodus
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	1.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	23.0%
65 to 74	23.5%	9.6%
75 and over	9.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Moodus
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	91.8%
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%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Moodus
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	21.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Moodus
Drove alone	76.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	8.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Center	Moodus
1-unit, detached	76.3%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Moodus
Poverty rate	18.8%	3.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1956	1962