Centreville vs Chester

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

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

Centreville has the higher population (4,725 vs 4,539 in Chester). Centreville has the higher median household income ($93,276 vs $90,938 in Chester). Chester has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $430,900 in Centreville).

Population, income & housing

	Centreville	Chester
Population	4,725	4,539
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,276	$90,938
Median home value	$430,900	$441,200
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,849
Housing units	1,986	2,387
Homeownership rate	75.7%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centreville	Chester
Population	4,761 → 4,725 (-0.8%)	4,658 → 4,539 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$89,699 → $93,276 (+4.0%)	$88,475 → $90,938 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$330,400 → $430,900 (+30.4%)	$335,400 → $441,200 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,235 (+15.2%)	$1,717 → $1,849 (+7.7%)

Centreville

Population

4,7614,725

Median household income

$89,699$93,276

Median home value

$330,400$430,900

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,235

Chester

Population

4,6584,539

Median household income

$88,475$90,938

Median home value

$335,400$441,200

Median gross rent

$1,717$1,849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centreville	Chester
Under 5	5.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.9%
75 and over	13.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centreville	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	80.4%
Black or African American	10.9%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centreville	Chester
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	20.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centreville	Chester
Drove alone	78.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centreville	Chester
1-unit, detached	81.4%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	22.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centreville	Chester
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	2002	1991