Chester vs Grasonville

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

Chester and Grasonville 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 3,431 in Grasonville). Grasonville has the higher median household income ($111,842 vs $90,938 in Chester). Chester has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $418,900 in Grasonville).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Grasonville
Population	4,539	3,431
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$111,842
Median home value	$441,200	$418,900
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,564
Housing units	2,387	1,549
Homeownership rate	64.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Grasonville
Population	4,658 → 4,539 (-2.6%)	3,495 → 3,431 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $90,938 (+2.8%)	$90,227 → $111,842 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$335,400 → $441,200 (+31.5%)	$305,000 → $418,900 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,717 → $1,849 (+7.7%)	$1,612 → $1,564 (-3.0%)

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

Grasonville

Population

3,4953,431

Median household income

$90,227$111,842

Median home value

$305,000$418,900

Median gross rent

$1,612$1,564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Grasonville
Under 5	7.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	18.3%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.7%
75 and over	5.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Grasonville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	74.8%
Black or African American	7.8%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Grasonville
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	22.1%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Grasonville
Drove alone	74.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.9%
Public transit	2.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	16.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Grasonville
1-unit, detached	55.3%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	7.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Grasonville
Poverty rate	10.6%	11.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1991	1995