Chauncey vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (1,708 vs 324 in Chauncey). Chauncey has the higher median household income ($63,214 vs $47,500 in Chester). Since 2019, Chauncey's population has grown faster (-9.7% vs -18.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Chauncey	Chester
Population	324	1,708
Median age	35.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$47,500
Median home value	—	$78,300
Median gross rent	$635	$392
Housing units	145	231
Homeownership rate	59.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauncey	Chester
Population	359 → 324 (-9.7%)	2,102 → 1,708 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $63,214 (+90.8%)	$17,692 → $47,500 (+168.5%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $54,500 (+1.9%)	$62,500 → $78,300 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $635 (+9.3%)	$368 → $392 (+6.5%)

Chauncey

Population

359324

Median household income

$33,125$63,214

Median home value

$53,500$54,500

Median gross rent

$581$635

Chester

Population

2,1021,708

Median household income

$17,692$47,500

Median home value

$62,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$368$392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauncey	Chester
Under 5	5.2%	0.9%
5 to 17	27.8%	5.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	23.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	18.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	4.4%
75 and over	3.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauncey	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	34.9%	36.8%
Black or African American	64.2%	51.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauncey	Chester
No high school diploma	8.1%	22.7%
High school graduate	42.6%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauncey	Chester
Drove alone	89.9%	88.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauncey	Chester
1-unit, detached	46.9%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	52.4%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Chauncey	Chester
Poverty rate	16.4%	36.2%
Average household size	2.84	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1982	1983