Chester vs Victory Gardens

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

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

Victory Gardens has the higher population (1,891 vs 1,359 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($152,578 vs $52,235 in Victory Gardens). Chester has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $224,800 in Victory Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Victory Gardens
Population	1,359	1,891
Median age	43.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$152,578	$52,235
Median home value	$640,400	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,430
Housing units	554	735
Homeownership rate	76.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Victory Gardens
Population	1,653 → 1,359 (-17.8%)	1,505 → 1,891 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$105,500 → $152,578 (+44.6%)	$54,792 → $52,235 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$474,200 → $640,400 (+35.0%)	$171,100 → $224,800 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,337 (-10.9%)	$1,229 → $1,430 (+16.4%)

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

Victory Gardens

Population

1,5051,891

Median household income

$54,792$52,235

Median home value

$171,100$224,800

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Victory Gardens
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	12.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	20.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.1%
75 and over	10.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Victory Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	10.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	79.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Victory Gardens
No high school diploma	4.6%	26.3%
High school graduate	20.8%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Victory Gardens
Drove alone	70.3%	67.0%
Carpooled	0.4%	16.1%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.3%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Victory Gardens
1-unit, detached	74.4%	22.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	17.6%
20 or more units	7.8%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Victory Gardens
Poverty rate	7.5%	31.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1971	1970