Chester vs Kenvil

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

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

Kenvil has the higher population (1,719 vs 1,359 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($152,578 vs $81,250 in Kenvil). Chester has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $338,800 in Kenvil).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Kenvil
Population	1,359	1,719
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$152,578	$81,250
Median home value	$640,400	$338,800
Median gross rent	$1,337	$2,068
Housing units	554	666
Homeownership rate	76.3%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Kenvil
Population	1,653 → 1,359 (-17.8%)	3,013 → 1,719 (-42.9%)
Median household income	$105,500 → $152,578 (+44.6%)	$83,750 → $81,250 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$474,200 → $640,400 (+35.0%)	$323,000 → $338,800 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,337 (-10.9%)	$1,567 → $2,068 (+32.0%)

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

Kenvil

Population

3,0131,719

Median household income

$83,750$81,250

Median home value

$323,000$338,800

Median gross rent

$1,567$2,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Kenvil
Under 5	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	20.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.5%
75 and over	10.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Kenvil
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	72.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Kenvil
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	20.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Kenvil
Drove alone	70.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	0.4%	2.6%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	9.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Kenvil
1-unit, detached	74.4%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Kenvil
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1971	1942