Chester Hill vs Morrisdale

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

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

Morrisdale has the higher population (813 vs 698 in Chester Hill). Chester Hill has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $33,261 in Morrisdale). Morrisdale has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $98,800 in Chester Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
Population	698	813
Median age	36.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,125	$33,261
Median home value	$98,800	$108,900
Median gross rent	$706	$905
Housing units	366	467
Homeownership rate	61.5%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
Population	779 → 698 (-10.4%)	793 → 813 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $48,125 (+20.3%)	$67,284 → $33,261 (-50.6%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $98,800 (+7.7%)	$101,700 → $108,900 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $706 (+23.9%)	$780 → $905 (+16.0%)

Chester Hill

Population

779698

Median household income

$40,000$48,125

Median home value

$91,700$98,800

Median gross rent

$570$706

Morrisdale

Population

793813

Median household income

$67,284$33,261

Median home value

$101,700$108,900

Median gross rent

$780$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
Under 5	4.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	26.2%	1.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	15.1%
75 and over	7.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
No high school diploma	17.7%	13.2%
High school graduate	46.7%	58.1%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
Drove alone	77.1%	92.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
1-unit, detached	64.2%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Chester Hill	Morrisdale
Poverty rate	20.3%	14.9%
Average household size	2.26	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1960	1963