Chester Heights vs Linwood

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

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

Linwood has the higher population (3,623 vs 2,922 in Chester Heights). Chester Heights has the higher median household income ($110,729 vs $76,077 in Linwood). Chester Heights has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $117,000 in Linwood).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Heights	Linwood
Population	2,922	3,623
Median age	43.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,729	$76,077
Median home value	$296,600	$117,000
Median gross rent	$2,361	$972
Housing units	1,404	1,555
Homeownership rate	76.4%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Heights	Linwood
Population	2,661 → 2,922 (+9.8%)	3,225 → 3,623 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$85,954 → $110,729 (+28.8%)	$62,054 → $76,077 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $296,600 (+19.1%)	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $2,361 (+23.0%)	$1,128 → $972 (-13.8%)

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

Linwood

Population

3,2253,623

Median household income

$62,054$76,077

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$1,128$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Heights	Linwood
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	4.6%
75 and over	10.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Heights	Linwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	77.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	9.3%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Heights	Linwood
No high school diploma	4.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	16.1%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Heights	Linwood
Drove alone	65.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.3%
Public transit	3.3%	1.7%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	15.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Heights	Linwood
1-unit, detached	21.9%	24.4%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	51.3%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	11.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Heights	Linwood
Poverty rate	5.3%	15.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1987	1947