Chester Center vs Westbrook Center

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

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

Westbrook Center has the higher population (2,529 vs 1,876 in Chester Center). Chester Center has the higher median household income ($73,542 vs $71,132 in Westbrook Center). Westbrook Center has the higher median home value ($459,500 vs $397,400 in Chester Center).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
Population	1,876	2,529
Median age	50.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$71,132
Median home value	$397,400	$459,500
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,331
Housing units	887	1,859
Homeownership rate	69.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
Population	1,566 → 1,876 (+19.8%)	2,237 → 2,529 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$88,708 → $73,542 (-17.1%)	$69,327 → $71,132 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $397,400 (+11.7%)	$379,800 → $459,500 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,338 (-9.5%)	$1,181 → $1,331 (+12.7%)

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

Westbrook Center

Population

2,2372,529

Median household income

$69,327$71,132

Median home value

$379,800$459,500

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
Under 5	6.4%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	23.5%	22.7%
75 and over	9.8%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	72.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.7%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
No high school diploma	5.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
Drove alone	76.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	13.8%
Other means	0.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
1-unit, detached	76.3%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Chester Center	Westbrook Center
Poverty rate	18.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.11	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1956	1970