Carleton vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (274 vs 180 in Carleton). Carleton has the higher median household income ($79,118 vs $54,875 in Chester). Carleton has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $72,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Carleton	Chester
Population	180	274
Median age	27.0 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,118	$54,875
Median home value	$87,300	$72,600
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	64	135
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carleton	Chester
Population	54 → 180 (+233.3%)	289 → 274 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$86,875 → $79,118 (-8.9%)	$44,375 → $54,875 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $87,300 (+36.8%)	$44,200 → $72,600 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)

Carleton

Population

54180

Median household income

$86,875$79,118

Median home value

$63,800$87,300

Chester

Population

289274

Median household income

$44,375$54,875

Median home value

$44,200$72,600

Median gross rent

$775$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carleton	Chester
Under 5	8.9%	10.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	18.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	21.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	6.1%	21.9%
65 to 74	3.3%	6.6%
75 and over	4.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carleton	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carleton	Chester
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	54.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carleton	Chester
Drove alone	64.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	20.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.9%
Other means	11.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carleton	Chester
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carleton	Chester
Poverty rate	1.1%	12.0%
Average household size	3.21	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1940	1938