Chester Center vs Old Saybrook Center

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

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

Old Saybrook Center has the higher population (2,063 vs 1,876 in Chester Center). Old Saybrook Center has the higher median household income ($85,466 vs $73,542 in Chester Center). Old Saybrook Center has the higher median home value ($400,600 vs $397,400 in Chester Center).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
Population	1,876	2,063
Median age	50.6 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$85,466
Median home value	$397,400	$400,600
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,665
Housing units	887	1,210
Homeownership rate	69.7%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	2,296 → 2,063 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$59,487 → $85,466 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$398,200 → $400,600 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	$1,381 → $1,665 (+20.6%)

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

Old Saybrook Center

Population

2,2962,063

Median household income

$59,487$85,466

Median home value

$398,200$400,600

Median gross rent

$1,381$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
Under 5	6.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	4.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	22.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	9.0%
75 and over	9.8%	23.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
Drove alone	76.9%	59.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	13.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	24.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
1-unit, detached	76.3%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Old Saybrook Center
Poverty rate	18.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.11	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1956	1981