Chester vs Church Hill

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

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

Chester has the higher population (4,539 vs 1,052 in Church Hill). Chester has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $69,688 in Church Hill). Chester has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $272,000 in Church Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Church Hill
Population	4,539	1,052
Median age	43.8 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$69,688
Median home value	$441,200	$272,000
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,179
Housing units	2,387	424
Homeownership rate	64.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Church Hill
Population	4,658 → 4,539 (-2.6%)	797 → 1,052 (+32.0%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $90,938 (+2.8%)	$68,125 → $69,688 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$335,400 → $441,200 (+31.5%)	$216,700 → $272,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,717 → $1,849 (+7.7%)	$1,272 → $1,179 (-7.3%)

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

Church Hill

Population

7971,052

Median household income

$68,125$69,688

Median home value

$216,700$272,000

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Church Hill
Under 5	7.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	5.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.7%
75 and over	5.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Church Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	64.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Church Hill
No high school diploma	6.9%	18.8%
High school graduate	22.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Church Hill
Drove alone	74.5%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.5%
Public transit	2.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Church Hill
1-unit, detached	55.3%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Church Hill
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1991	1983