Chestertown vs Pottersville

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

Chestertown and Pottersville 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 145 in Pottersville). Chestertown has the higher median household income ($64,438 vs $52,000 in Pottersville). Chestertown has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $181,300 in Pottersville).

Population, income & housing

	Chestertown	Pottersville
Population	529	145
Median age	39.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$52,000
Median home value	$200,000	$181,300
Median gross rent	$639	—
Housing units	294	66
Homeownership rate	68.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestertown	Pottersville
Population	430 → 529 (+23.0%)	241 → 145 (-39.8%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $64,438 (+21.8%)	$83,525 → $52,000 (-37.7%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $200,000 (+21.3%)	$114,300 → $181,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $639 (-16.0%)	—

Chestertown

Population

430529

Median household income

$52,917$64,438

Median home value

$164,900$200,000

Median gross rent

$761$639

Pottersville

Population

241145

Median household income

$83,525$52,000

Median home value

$114,300$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestertown	Pottersville
Under 5	3.2%	18.6%
5 to 17	3.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	24.0%	17.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	18.9%	21.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.7%
75 and over	5.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestertown	Pottersville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	55.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	34.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestertown	Pottersville
No high school diploma	14.2%	16.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	5.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestertown	Pottersville
Drove alone	60.0%	96.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestertown	Pottersville
1-unit, detached	68.0%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Chestertown	Pottersville
Poverty rate	9.3%	46.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	48
Median year structure built	1971	1965