Chester Heights vs Colwyn

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

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

Chester Heights has the higher population (2,922 vs 2,683 in Colwyn). Chester Heights has the higher median household income ($110,729 vs $53,092 in Colwyn). Chester Heights has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $105,800 in Colwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
Population	2,922	2,683
Median age	43.6 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,729	$53,092
Median home value	$296,600	$105,800
Median gross rent	$2,361	$1,267
Housing units	1,404	882
Homeownership rate	76.4%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	21.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
Population	2,661 → 2,922 (+9.8%)	2,546 → 2,683 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$85,954 → $110,729 (+28.8%)	$49,738 → $53,092 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $296,600 (+19.1%)	$75,500 → $105,800 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $2,361 (+23.0%)	$1,059 → $1,267 (+19.6%)

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

Colwyn

Population

2,5462,683

Median household income

$49,738$53,092

Median home value

$75,500$105,800

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
Under 5	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	15.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	4.4%
75 and over	10.8%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	5.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	93.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	16.1%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
Drove alone	65.2%	50.3%
Carpooled	2.5%	12.5%
Public transit	3.3%	27.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.8%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
1-unit, detached	21.9%	9.5%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	64.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	8.7%
20 or more units	11.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Heights	Colwyn
Poverty rate	5.3%	29.0%
Average household size	2.14	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1987	1944