Chester vs Kingstown

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

Chester and Kingstown 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 1,836 in Kingstown). Chester has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $90,288 in Kingstown). Chester has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $282,500 in Kingstown).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Kingstown
Population	4,539	1,836
Median age	43.8 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$90,288
Median home value	$441,200	$282,500
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,806
Housing units	2,387	901
Homeownership rate	64.6%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Kingstown
Population	4,658 → 4,539 (-2.6%)	1,917 → 1,836 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $90,938 (+2.8%)	$68,438 → $90,288 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$335,400 → $441,200 (+31.5%)	$223,200 → $282,500 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,717 → $1,849 (+7.7%)	$1,125 → $1,806 (+60.5%)

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

Kingstown

Population

1,9171,836

Median household income

$68,438$90,288

Median home value

$223,200$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Kingstown
Under 5	7.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	14.6%
75 and over	5.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Kingstown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	7.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Kingstown
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Kingstown
Drove alone	74.5%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	17.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Kingstown
1-unit, detached	55.3%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Kingstown
Poverty rate	10.6%	18.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1991	1977