Chester vs Stevensville

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

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

Stevensville has the higher population (8,693 vs 4,539 in Chester). Stevensville has the higher median household income ($131,618 vs $90,938 in Chester). Stevensville has the higher median home value ($471,900 vs $441,200 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Stevensville
Population	4,539	8,693
Median age	43.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$131,618
Median home value	$441,200	$471,900
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,735
Housing units	2,387	3,356
Homeownership rate	64.6%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Stevensville
Population	4,658 → 4,539 (-2.6%)	7,267 → 8,693 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $90,938 (+2.8%)	$107,473 → $131,618 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$335,400 → $441,200 (+31.5%)	$362,800 → $471,900 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,717 → $1,849 (+7.7%)	$1,665 → $1,735 (+4.2%)

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

Stevensville

Population

7,2678,693

Median household income

$107,473$131,618

Median home value

$362,800$471,900

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Stevensville
Under 5	7.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.7%
75 and over	5.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Stevensville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	83.6%
Black or African American	7.8%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Stevensville
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	22.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Stevensville
Drove alone	74.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	13.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Stevensville
1-unit, detached	55.3%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	7.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Stevensville
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1991	1993