Chester vs Montgomery

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

Chester and Montgomery 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 3,800 in Montgomery). Chester has the higher median household income ($97,250 vs $88,348 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($345,700 vs $280,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Montgomery
Population	4,052	3,800
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,250	$88,348
Median home value	$280,600	$345,700
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,473
Housing units	1,687	1,600
Homeownership rate	53.1%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Montgomery
Population	4,011 → 4,052 (+1.0%)	4,527 → 3,800 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$73,582 → $97,250 (+32.2%)	$80,500 → $88,348 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $280,600 (+35.8%)	$247,800 → $345,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,649 (+35.7%)	$1,298 → $1,473 (+13.5%)

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

Montgomery

Population

4,5273,800

Median household income

$80,500$88,348

Median home value

$247,800$345,700

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Montgomery
Under 5	2.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	21.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.7%
75 and over	5.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	48.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Montgomery
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Montgomery
Drove alone	77.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.8%
Public transit	14.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	37.5%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	29.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Montgomery
Poverty rate	6.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1976	1982