Chester vs Eastman

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

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

Eastman has the higher population (5,624 vs 1,708 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $46,214 in Eastman). Eastman has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $78,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Eastman
Population	1,708	5,624
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$46,214
Median home value	$78,300	$145,300
Median gross rent	$392	$751
Housing units	231	2,607
Homeownership rate	56.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Eastman
Population	2,102 → 1,708 (-18.7%)	5,135 → 5,624 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$17,692 → $47,500 (+168.5%)	$35,595 → $46,214 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $78,300 (+25.3%)	$85,600 → $145,300 (+69.7%)
Median gross rent	$368 → $392 (+6.5%)	$628 → $751 (+19.6%)

Chester

Population

2,1021,708

Median household income

$17,692$47,500

Median home value

$62,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$368$392

Eastman

Population

5,1355,624

Median household income

$35,595$46,214

Median home value

$85,600$145,300

Median gross rent

$628$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Eastman
Under 5	0.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	5.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	13.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	23.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	17.4%	20.3%
45 to 54	18.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	4.4%	7.5%
75 and over	1.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Eastman
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	66.3%
Black or African American	51.4%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Eastman
No high school diploma	22.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	53.6%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Eastman
Drove alone	88.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Eastman
1-unit, detached	36.8%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	9.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Eastman
Poverty rate	36.2%	19.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1983	1969