Brookside vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (1,359 vs 1,287 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $152,578 in Chester). Brookside has the higher median home value ($892,500 vs $640,400 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Chester
Population	1,287	1,359
Median age	41.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$152,578
Median home value	$892,500	$640,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,337
Housing units	485	554
Homeownership rate	88.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	61.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Chester
Population	1,399 → 1,287 (-8.0%)	1,653 → 1,359 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$164,333 → $250,001 (+52.1%)	$105,500 → $152,578 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$649,700 → $892,500 (+37.4%)	$474,200 → $640,400 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,913 → $3,501 (+83.0%)	$1,500 → $1,337 (-10.9%)

Brookside

Population

1,3991,287

Median household income

$164,333$250,001

Median home value

$649,700$892,500

Median gross rent

$1,913$3,501

Chester

Population

1,6531,359

Median household income

$105,500$152,578

Median home value

$474,200$640,400

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Chester
Under 5	4.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	12.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.6%
75 and over	9.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Chester
No high school diploma	0.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	8.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Chester
Drove alone	76.2%	70.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.4%
Public transit	1.1%	2.2%
Walked	1.8%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	22.5%
Other means	5.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Chester
1-unit, detached	91.1%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Chester
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1968	1971