Chester vs Russell

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

Chester and Russell 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 568 in Russell). Russell has the higher median household income ($103,456 vs $86,042 in Chester). Russell has the higher median home value ($280,000 vs $203,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Russell
Population	692	568
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,042	$103,456
Median home value	$203,300	$280,000
Median gross rent	$1,095	$881
Housing units	283	301
Homeownership rate	70.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Russell
Population	787 → 692 (-12.1%)	526 → 568 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$65,250 → $86,042 (+31.9%)	$49,073 → $103,456 (+110.8%)
Median home value	$175,700 → $203,300 (+15.7%)	$175,000 → $280,000 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,095 (+10.7%)	$885 → $881 (-0.5%)

Chester

Population

787692

Median household income

$65,250$86,042

Median home value

$175,700$203,300

Median gross rent

$989$1,095

Russell

Population

526568

Median household income

$49,073$103,456

Median home value

$175,000$280,000

Median gross rent

$885$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Russell
Under 5	0.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	31.2%	6.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	15.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	19.0%
45 to 54	23.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	9.2%
75 and over	3.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Russell
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Russell
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	59.1%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Russell
Drove alone	91.2%	85.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Russell
1-unit, detached	75.6%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Russell
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1938	1956