Chester vs Gardnertown

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

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

Gardnertown has the higher population (4,154 vs 4,052 in Chester). Gardnertown has the higher median household income ($112,043 vs $97,250 in Chester). Chester has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $277,900 in Gardnertown).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Gardnertown
Population	4,052	4,154
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,250	$112,043
Median home value	$280,600	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,649	$2,440
Housing units	1,687	1,537
Homeownership rate	53.1%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Gardnertown
Population	4,011 → 4,052 (+1.0%)	4,633 → 4,154 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$73,582 → $97,250 (+32.2%)	$78,793 → $112,043 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $280,600 (+35.8%)	$218,700 → $277,900 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,649 (+35.7%)	$1,234 → $2,440 (+97.7%)

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

Gardnertown

Population

4,6334,154

Median household income

$78,793$112,043

Median home value

$218,700$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,234$2,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Gardnertown
Under 5	2.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	21.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	17.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.8%
75 and over	5.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Gardnertown
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	55.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Gardnertown
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Gardnertown
Drove alone	77.6%	79.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.1%
Public transit	14.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Gardnertown
1-unit, detached	37.5%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	29.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Gardnertown
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1976	1956