Chester vs Rainbow Lakes

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

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

Rainbow Lakes has the higher population (1,376 vs 1,359 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($152,578 vs $109,083 in Rainbow Lakes). Chester has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $531,700 in Rainbow Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,359	1,376
Median age	43.6 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$152,578	$109,083
Median home value	$640,400	$531,700
Median gross rent	$1,337	$2,079
Housing units	554	534
Homeownership rate	76.3%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,653 → 1,359 (-17.8%)	1,276 → 1,376 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$105,500 → $152,578 (+44.6%)	$110,781 → $109,083 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$474,200 → $640,400 (+35.0%)	$430,400 → $531,700 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,337 (-10.9%)	$1,878 → $2,079 (+10.7%)

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

Rainbow Lakes

Population

1,2761,376

Median household income

$110,781$109,083

Median home value

$430,400$531,700

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	19.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	1.2%
75 and over	10.3%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	64.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.8%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
Drove alone	70.3%	69.7%
Carpooled	0.4%	9.0%
Public transit	2.2%	2.1%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	19.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
1-unit, detached	74.4%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	14.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Rainbow Lakes
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1971	1964