Chester vs Davenport

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

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

Davenport has the higher population (299 vs 274 in Chester). Davenport has the higher median household income ($68,333 vs $54,875 in Chester). Davenport has the higher median home value ($82,000 vs $72,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Davenport
Population	274	299
Median age	36.8 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,875	$68,333
Median home value	$72,600	$82,000
Median gross rent	$850	$675
Housing units	135	177
Homeownership rate	81.7%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Davenport
Population	289 → 274 (-5.2%)	397 → 299 (-24.7%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $54,875 (+23.7%)	$45,208 → $68,333 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $72,600 (+64.3%)	$40,000 → $82,000 (+105.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)	$433 → $675 (+55.9%)

Chester

Population

289274

Median household income

$44,375$54,875

Median home value

$44,200$72,600

Median gross rent

$775$850

Davenport

Population

397299

Median household income

$45,208$68,333

Median home value

$40,000$82,000

Median gross rent

$433$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Davenport
Under 5	10.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	20.1%
75 and over	4.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Davenport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Davenport
No high school diploma	3.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	35.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Davenport
Drove alone	80.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	16.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Davenport
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

	Chester	Davenport
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1938	1952