Chester Center vs Saybrook Manor

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

Chester Center and Saybrook Manor 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 1,404 in Saybrook Manor). Saybrook Manor has the higher median household income ($120,208 vs $73,542 in Chester Center). Saybrook Manor has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $397,400 in Chester Center).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Saybrook Manor
Population	1,876	1,404
Median age	50.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$120,208
Median home value	$397,400	$528,100
Median gross rent	$1,338	$2,026
Housing units	887	1,147
Homeownership rate	69.7%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Saybrook Manor
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	933 → 1,404 (+50.5%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$97,386 → $120,208 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$384,300 → $528,100 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	$1,849 → $2,026 (+9.6%)

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

Saybrook Manor

Population

9331,404

Median household income

$97,386$120,208

Median home value

$384,300$528,100

Median gross rent

$1,849$2,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Saybrook Manor
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	18.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	23.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	7.1%
75 and over	9.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Saybrook Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	72.4%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Saybrook Manor
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.0%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Saybrook Manor
Drove alone	76.9%	85.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
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	Saybrook Manor
1-unit, detached	76.3%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Saybrook Manor
Poverty rate	18.8%	0.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1956	1962