Chester Hill vs Houtzdale

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

Chester Hill and Houtzdale are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Houtzdale has the higher population (858 vs 698 in Chester Hill). Houtzdale has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $48,125 in Chester Hill). Chester Hill has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $96,400 in Houtzdale).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
Population	698	858
Median age	36.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,125	$62,083
Median home value	$98,800	$96,400
Median gross rent	$706	$725
Housing units	366	386
Homeownership rate	61.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
Population	779 → 698 (-10.4%)	747 → 858 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $48,125 (+20.3%)	$46,094 → $62,083 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $98,800 (+7.7%)	$69,600 → $96,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $706 (+23.9%)	$631 → $725 (+14.9%)

Chester Hill

Population

779698

Median household income

$40,000$48,125

Median home value

$91,700$98,800

Median gross rent

$570$706

Houtzdale

Population

747858

Median household income

$46,094$62,083

Median home value

$69,600$96,400

Median gross rent

$631$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	26.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
No high school diploma	17.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
Drove alone	77.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	13.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
1-unit, detached	64.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Chester Hill	Houtzdale
Poverty rate	20.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1960	1942