Bolton Landing vs Chestertown

A side-by-side comparison of Bolton Landing and Chestertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chestertown has the higher population (529 vs 263 in Bolton Landing). Bolton Landing has the higher median household income ($105,250 vs $64,438 in Chestertown). Since 2019, Chestertown's population has grown faster (+23.0% vs -54.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
Population	263	529
Median age	57.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,250	$64,438
Median home value	—	$200,000
Median gross rent	—	$639
Housing units	479	294
Homeownership rate	77.7%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
Population	580 → 263 (-54.7%)	430 → 529 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$35,433 → $105,250 (+197.0%)	$52,917 → $64,438 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$251,900 → $310,500 (+23.3%)	$164,900 → $200,000 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $967 (+3.8%)	$761 → $639 (-16.0%)

Bolton Landing

Population

580263

Median household income

$35,433$105,250

Median home value

$251,900$310,500

Median gross rent

$932$967

Chestertown

Population

430529

Median household income

$52,917$64,438

Median home value

$164,900$200,000

Median gross rent

$761$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	24.0%
25 to 34	24.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	1.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	20.2%	5.9%
75 and over	14.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
No high school diploma	3.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	40.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	12.2%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
Drove alone	44.2%	60.0%
Carpooled	17.3%	0.0%
Public transit	22.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
1-unit, detached	72.9%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bolton Landing	Chestertown
Poverty rate	2.3%	9.3%
Average household size	1.78	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	52	28
Median year structure built	1966	1971