Chester vs Holland

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

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

Holland has the higher population (1,313 vs 692 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($86,042 vs $83,382 in Holland). Holland has the higher median home value ($281,000 vs $203,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Holland
Population	692	1,313
Median age	42.6 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,042	$83,382
Median home value	$203,300	$281,000
Median gross rent	$1,095	—
Housing units	283	992
Homeownership rate	70.5%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Holland
Population	787 → 692 (-12.1%)	1,547 → 1,313 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$65,250 → $86,042 (+31.9%)	$67,454 → $83,382 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$175,700 → $203,300 (+15.7%)	$220,400 → $281,000 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,095 (+10.7%)	$1,280 → $1,165 (-9.0%)

Chester

Population

787692

Median household income

$65,250$86,042

Median home value

$175,700$203,300

Median gross rent

$989$1,095

Holland

Population

1,5471,313

Median household income

$67,454$83,382

Median home value

$220,400$281,000

Median gross rent

$1,280$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Holland
Under 5	0.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	31.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	23.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	21.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	20.0%
75 and over	3.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Holland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Holland
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	59.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Holland
Drove alone	91.2%	87.7%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Holland
1-unit, detached	75.6%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Holland
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.5%
Average household size	3.09	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1938	1970