Chester vs Protivin

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

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

Protivin has the higher population (368 vs 141 in Chester). Protivin has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $57,500 in Chester). Protivin has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $101,800 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Protivin
Population	141	368
Median age	39.5 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$63,438
Median home value	$101,800	$107,700
Median gross rent	$513	$582
Housing units	76	165
Homeownership rate	84.5%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Protivin
Population	184 → 141 (-23.4%)	391 → 368 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $57,500 (+84.0%)	$46,750 → $63,438 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $101,800 (+61.1%)	$81,100 → $107,700 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $513 (-27.3%)	$575 → $582 (+1.2%)

Chester

Population

184141

Median household income

$31,250$57,500

Median home value

$63,200$101,800

Median gross rent

$706$513

Protivin

Population

391368

Median household income

$46,750$63,438

Median home value

$81,100$107,700

Median gross rent

$575$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Protivin
Under 5	4.3%	13.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	18.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.7%
75 and over	9.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Protivin
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Protivin
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Protivin
Drove alone	64.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	23.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.8%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Protivin
1-unit, detached	77.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Protivin
Poverty rate	8.5%	1.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1938	1955