Chester vs Port Morris

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

Chester and Port Morris 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 1,141 in Port Morris). Chester has the higher median household income ($152,578 vs $65,070 in Port Morris). Chester has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $391,400 in Port Morris).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Port Morris
Population	1,359	1,141
Median age	43.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$152,578	$65,070
Median home value	$640,400	$391,400
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,493
Housing units	554	493
Homeownership rate	76.3%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Port Morris
Population	1,653 → 1,359 (-17.8%)	949 → 1,141 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$105,500 → $152,578 (+44.6%)	$56,717 → $65,070 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$474,200 → $640,400 (+35.0%)	$332,700 → $391,400 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,337 (-10.9%)	$1,540 → $1,493 (-3.1%)

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

Port Morris

Population

9491,141

Median household income

$56,717$65,070

Median home value

$332,700$391,400

Median gross rent

$1,540$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Port Morris
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	5.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	18.4%
75 and over	10.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Port Morris
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	66.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Port Morris
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	20.8%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Port Morris
Drove alone	70.3%	61.5%
Carpooled	0.4%	24.0%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	14.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Port Morris
1-unit, detached	74.4%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Port Morris
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1971	1957