Aldan vs Chester Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Aldan and Chester Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aldan has the higher population (4,219 vs 2,922 in Chester Heights). Chester Heights has the higher median household income ($110,729 vs $78,147 in Aldan). Chester Heights has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $227,900 in Aldan).

Population, income & housing

	Aldan	Chester Heights
Population	4,219	2,922
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,147	$110,729
Median home value	$227,900	$296,600
Median gross rent	$1,191	$2,361
Housing units	1,687	1,404
Homeownership rate	78.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aldan	Chester Heights
Population	4,153 → 4,219 (+1.6%)	2,661 → 2,922 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$74,474 → $78,147 (+4.9%)	$85,954 → $110,729 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$171,000 → $227,900 (+33.3%)	$249,000 → $296,600 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,191 (+27.8%)	$1,920 → $2,361 (+23.0%)

Aldan

Population

4,1534,219

Median household income

$74,474$78,147

Median home value

$171,000$227,900

Median gross rent

$932$1,191

Chester Heights

Population

2,6612,922

Median household income

$85,954$110,729

Median home value

$249,000$296,600

Median gross rent

$1,920$2,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aldan	Chester Heights
Under 5	5.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.6%
75 and over	5.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aldan	Chester Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	40.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aldan	Chester Heights
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	27.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aldan	Chester Heights
Drove alone	65.8%	65.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.5%
Public transit	10.6%	3.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	26.2%
Other means	2.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aldan	Chester Heights
1-unit, detached	52.3%	21.9%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	50.6%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aldan	Chester Heights
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1952	1987