Chester vs Lime Springs

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

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

Lime Springs has the higher population (410 vs 141 in Chester). Lime Springs has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $57,500 in Chester). Lime Springs has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $101,800 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Lime Springs
Population	141	410
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$62,083
Median home value	$101,800	$101,900
Median gross rent	$513	$658
Housing units	76	246
Homeownership rate	84.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Lime Springs
Population	184 → 141 (-23.4%)	508 → 410 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $57,500 (+84.0%)	$59,821 → $62,083 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $101,800 (+61.1%)	$81,400 → $101,900 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $513 (-27.3%)	$414 → $658 (+58.9%)

Chester

Population

184141

Median household income

$31,250$57,500

Median home value

$63,200$101,800

Median gross rent

$706$513

Lime Springs

Population

508410

Median household income

$59,821$62,083

Median home value

$81,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$414$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Lime Springs
Under 5	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	9.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Lime Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Lime Springs
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Lime Springs
Drove alone	64.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	23.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.1%
Other means	7.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Lime Springs
1-unit, detached	77.6%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Lime Springs
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938