Chester vs Firthcliffe

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

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

Firthcliffe has the higher population (5,268 vs 4,052 in Chester). Firthcliffe has the higher median household income ($98,801 vs $97,250 in Chester). Firthcliffe has the higher median home value ($345,700 vs $280,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Firthcliffe
Population	4,052	5,268
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,250	$98,801
Median home value	$280,600	$345,700
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,730
Housing units	1,687	2,310
Homeownership rate	53.1%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Firthcliffe
Population	4,011 → 4,052 (+1.0%)	4,912 → 5,268 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$73,582 → $97,250 (+32.2%)	$78,895 → $98,801 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $280,600 (+35.8%)	$293,200 → $345,700 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,649 (+35.7%)	$1,438 → $1,730 (+20.3%)

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

Firthcliffe

Population

4,9125,268

Median household income

$78,895$98,801

Median home value

$293,200$345,700

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Firthcliffe
Under 5	2.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	21.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	18.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.7%
75 and over	5.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Firthcliffe
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	77.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Firthcliffe
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Firthcliffe
Drove alone	77.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.1%
Public transit	14.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Firthcliffe
1-unit, detached	37.5%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	29.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Firthcliffe
Poverty rate	6.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1976	1960