Balmville vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (4,052 vs 3,725 in Balmville). Balmville has the higher median household income ($107,204 vs $97,250 in Chester). Balmville has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $280,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Balmville	Chester
Population	3,725	4,052
Median age	47.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,204	$97,250
Median home value	$359,600	$280,600
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,649
Housing units	1,373	1,687
Homeownership rate	74.8%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balmville	Chester
Population	3,476 → 3,725 (+7.2%)	4,011 → 4,052 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$79,464 → $107,204 (+34.9%)	$73,582 → $97,250 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$262,800 → $359,600 (+36.8%)	$206,600 → $280,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,671 (-4.7%)	$1,215 → $1,649 (+35.7%)

Balmville

Population

3,4763,725

Median household income

$79,464$107,204

Median home value

$262,800$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,671

Chester

Population

4,0114,052

Median household income

$73,582$97,250

Median home value

$206,600$280,600

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balmville	Chester
Under 5	4.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	21.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.6%
75 and over	8.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balmville	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	48.7%
Black or African American	22.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	37.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balmville	Chester
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balmville	Chester
Drove alone	74.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.9%
Public transit	6.3%	14.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balmville	Chester
1-unit, detached	80.3%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	29.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Balmville	Chester
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.81	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1961	1976