Blandford vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (692 vs 437 in Blandford). Blandford has the higher median household income ($93,500 vs $86,042 in Chester). Blandford has the higher median home value ($224,600 vs $203,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Blandford	Chester
Population	437	692
Median age	48.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,500	$86,042
Median home value	$224,600	$203,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,095
Housing units	216	283
Homeownership rate	94.9%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandford	Chester
Population	278 → 437 (+57.2%)	787 → 692 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $93,500 (+6.9%)	$65,250 → $86,042 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$220,000 → $224,600 (+2.1%)	$175,700 → $203,300 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$989 → $1,095 (+10.7%)

Blandford

Population

278437

Median household income

$87,500$93,500

Median home value

$220,000$224,600

Chester

Population

787692

Median household income

$65,250$86,042

Median home value

$175,700$203,300

Median gross rent

$989$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandford	Chester
Under 5	5.5%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	31.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.9%	5.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	23.3%	23.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	5.6%
75 and over	0.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandford	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandford	Chester
No high school diploma	6.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	45.8%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandford	Chester
Drove alone	91.0%	91.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandford	Chester
1-unit, detached	92.6%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Blandford	Chester
Poverty rate	0.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.21	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938