Chester vs Wilbraham

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

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

Wilbraham has the higher population (4,247 vs 692 in Chester). Wilbraham has the higher median household income ($88,409 vs $86,042 in Chester). Wilbraham has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $203,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Wilbraham
Population	692	4,247
Median age	42.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,042	$88,409
Median home value	$203,300	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,148
Housing units	283	1,608
Homeownership rate	70.5%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Wilbraham
Population	787 → 692 (-12.1%)	3,466 → 4,247 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$65,250 → $86,042 (+31.9%)	$111,100 → $88,409 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$175,700 → $203,300 (+15.7%)	$320,100 → $361,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,095 (+10.7%)	$777 → $1,148 (+47.7%)

Chester

Population

787692

Median household income

$65,250$86,042

Median home value

$175,700$203,300

Median gross rent

$989$1,095

Wilbraham

Population

3,4664,247

Median household income

$111,100$88,409

Median home value

$320,100$361,600

Median gross rent

$777$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Wilbraham
Under 5	0.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	31.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	23.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	20.3%
75 and over	3.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Wilbraham
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Wilbraham
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	59.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Wilbraham
Drove alone	91.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Wilbraham
1-unit, detached	75.6%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Wilbraham
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1938	1959