Chester vs Romancoke

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

Chester and Romancoke 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 1,705 in Romancoke). Romancoke has the higher median household income ($118,077 vs $90,938 in Chester). Chester has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $397,200 in Romancoke).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Romancoke
Population	4,539	1,705
Median age	43.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$118,077
Median home value	$441,200	$397,200
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,955
Housing units	2,387	764
Homeownership rate	64.6%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Romancoke
Population	4,658 → 4,539 (-2.6%)	1,717 → 1,705 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $90,938 (+2.8%)	$94,423 → $118,077 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$335,400 → $441,200 (+31.5%)	$315,200 → $397,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,717 → $1,849 (+7.7%)	$2,036 → $1,955 (-4.0%)

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

Romancoke

Population

1,7171,705

Median household income

$94,423$118,077

Median home value

$315,200$397,200

Median gross rent

$2,036$1,955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Romancoke
Under 5	7.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	1.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	14.7%
75 and over	5.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Romancoke
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Romancoke
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	22.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Romancoke
Drove alone	74.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.1%
Public transit	2.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	5.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Romancoke
1-unit, detached	55.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	0.0%
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	Romancoke
Poverty rate	10.6%	0.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	35	42
Median year structure built	1991	1978