Chester Hill vs West Decatur

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

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

Chester Hill has the higher population (698 vs 624 in West Decatur). Chester Hill has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $38,173 in West Decatur). Chester Hill has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $90,600 in West Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
Population	698	624
Median age	36.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,125	$38,173
Median home value	$98,800	$90,600
Median gross rent	$706	$1,053
Housing units	366	252
Homeownership rate	61.5%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
Population	779 → 698 (-10.4%)	435 → 624 (+43.4%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $48,125 (+20.3%)	$38,854 → $38,173 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $98,800 (+7.7%)	$85,000 → $90,600 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $706 (+23.9%)	$583 → $1,053 (+80.6%)

Chester Hill

Population

779698

Median household income

$40,000$48,125

Median home value

$91,700$98,800

Median gross rent

$570$706

West Decatur

Population

435624

Median household income

$38,854$38,173

Median home value

$85,000$90,600

Median gross rent

$583$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	26.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.3%
75 and over	7.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
No high school diploma	17.7%	16.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	64.6%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
Drove alone	77.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	13.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
1-unit, detached	64.2%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Chester Hill	West Decatur
Poverty rate	20.3%	39.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1960	1951