Chester Heights vs Lima

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

Chester Heights and Lima 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 2,834 in Lima). Chester Heights has the higher median household income ($110,729 vs $76,953 in Lima). Lima has the higher median home value ($372,300 vs $296,600 in Chester Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Heights	Lima
Population	2,922	2,834
Median age	43.6 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,729	$76,953
Median home value	$296,600	$372,300
Median gross rent	$2,361	$2,343
Housing units	1,404	1,305
Homeownership rate	76.4%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Heights	Lima
Population	2,661 → 2,922 (+9.8%)	1,938 → 2,834 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$85,954 → $110,729 (+28.8%)	$49,896 → $76,953 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $296,600 (+19.1%)	$283,300 → $372,300 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $2,361 (+23.0%)	$2,428 → $2,343 (-3.5%)

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

Lima

Population

1,9382,834

Median household income

$49,896$76,953

Median home value

$283,300$372,300

Median gross rent

$2,428$2,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Heights	Lima
Under 5	5.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	2.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.2%
75 and over	10.8%	40.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Heights	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Heights	Lima
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	16.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Heights	Lima
Drove alone	65.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.7%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Heights	Lima
1-unit, detached	21.9%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	70.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Heights	Lima
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.14	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1987	1984