Chester vs Empire

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

Chester and Empire 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 447 in Empire). Empire has the higher median household income ($60,250 vs $47,500 in Chester). Empire has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $78,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Empire
Population	1,708	447
Median age	37.6 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$60,250
Median home value	$78,300	$97,600
Median gross rent	$392	—
Housing units	231	152
Homeownership rate	56.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Empire
Population	2,102 → 1,708 (-18.7%)	376 → 447 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$17,692 → $47,500 (+168.5%)	$46,250 → $60,250 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $78,300 (+25.3%)	$59,500 → $97,600 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$368 → $392 (+6.5%)	—

Chester

Population

2,1021,708

Median household income

$17,692$47,500

Median home value

$62,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$368$392

Empire

Population

376447

Median household income

$46,250$60,250

Median home value

$59,500$97,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Empire
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.2%	5.4%
18 to 24	13.4%	12.5%
25 to 34	23.1%	32.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	2.0%
45 to 54	18.4%	20.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	4.4%	4.0%
75 and over	1.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	67.8%
Black or African American	51.4%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Empire
No high school diploma	22.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	53.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Empire
Drove alone	88.3%	55.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Empire
1-unit, detached	36.8%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Empire
Poverty rate	36.2%	33.8%
Average household size	3.09	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1983	1970