Chester vs Lake Telemark

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

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

Lake Telemark has the higher population (1,519 vs 1,359 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($152,578 vs $107,065 in Lake Telemark). Chester has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $424,200 in Lake Telemark).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Lake Telemark
Population	1,359	1,519
Median age	43.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$152,578	$107,065
Median home value	$640,400	$424,200
Median gross rent	$1,337	—
Housing units	554	524
Homeownership rate	76.3%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Lake Telemark
Population	1,653 → 1,359 (-17.8%)	1,197 → 1,519 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$105,500 → $152,578 (+44.6%)	$95,588 → $107,065 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$474,200 → $640,400 (+35.0%)	$336,600 → $424,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,337 (-10.9%)	$1,515 → $1,477 (-2.5%)

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

Lake Telemark

Population

1,1971,519

Median household income

$95,588$107,065

Median home value

$336,600$424,200

Median gross rent

$1,515$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Lake Telemark
Under 5	4.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.8%
75 and over	10.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Lake Telemark
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Lake Telemark
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Lake Telemark
Drove alone	70.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	0.4%	1.6%
Public transit	2.2%	1.8%
Walked	4.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	16.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Lake Telemark
1-unit, detached	74.4%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.4%
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	Lake Telemark
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1971	1962