Chester vs Mount Tabor

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

Chester and Mount Tabor 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 1,127 in Mount Tabor). Chester has the higher median household income ($152,578 vs $113,594 in Mount Tabor). Chester has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $415,600 in Mount Tabor).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Mount Tabor
Population	1,359	1,127
Median age	43.6 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$152,578	$113,594
Median home value	$640,400	$415,600
Median gross rent	$1,337	—
Housing units	554	502
Homeownership rate	76.3%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Mount Tabor
Population	1,653 → 1,359 (-17.8%)	765 → 1,127 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$105,500 → $152,578 (+44.6%)	$95,809 → $113,594 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$474,200 → $640,400 (+35.0%)	$343,100 → $415,600 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,337 (-10.9%)	—

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

Mount Tabor

Population

7651,127

Median household income

$95,809$113,594

Median home value

$343,100$415,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Mount Tabor
Under 5	4.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	3.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	19.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	20.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	16.1%
75 and over	10.3%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Mount Tabor
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	72.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Mount Tabor
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Mount Tabor
Drove alone	70.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.4%	8.4%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	13.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Mount Tabor
1-unit, detached	74.4%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
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	Mount Tabor
Poverty rate	7.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1971	1938