Chester vs Hebron

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

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

Hebron has the higher population (1,641 vs 274 in Chester). Hebron has the higher median household income ($61,207 vs $54,875 in Chester). Hebron has the higher median home value ($117,400 vs $72,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Hebron
Population	274	1,641
Median age	36.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,875	$61,207
Median home value	$72,600	$117,400
Median gross rent	$850	$756
Housing units	135	788
Homeownership rate	81.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Hebron
Population	289 → 274 (-5.2%)	1,630 → 1,641 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $54,875 (+23.7%)	$49,787 → $61,207 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $72,600 (+64.3%)	$81,800 → $117,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)	$592 → $756 (+27.7%)

Chester

Population

289274

Median household income

$44,375$54,875

Median home value

$44,200$72,600

Median gross rent

$775$850

Hebron

Population

1,6301,641

Median household income

$49,787$61,207

Median home value

$81,800$117,400

Median gross rent

$592$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Hebron
Under 5	10.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	21.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.9%
75 and over	4.4%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Hebron
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Hebron
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.4%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Hebron
Drove alone	80.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Hebron
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Hebron
Poverty rate	12.0%	10.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	13	13
Median year structure built	1938	1957