Chester Heights vs Morton

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

Chester Heights and Morton 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 2,768 in Morton). Chester Heights has the higher median household income ($110,729 vs $54,881 in Morton). Chester Heights has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $246,400 in Morton).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Heights	Morton
Population	2,922	2,768
Median age	43.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,729	$54,881
Median home value	$296,600	$246,400
Median gross rent	$2,361	$1,324
Housing units	1,404	1,255
Homeownership rate	76.4%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Heights	Morton
Population	2,661 → 2,922 (+9.8%)	2,662 → 2,768 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$85,954 → $110,729 (+28.8%)	$68,942 → $54,881 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $296,600 (+19.1%)	$229,600 → $246,400 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $2,361 (+23.0%)	$998 → $1,324 (+32.7%)

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

Morton

Population

2,6622,768

Median household income

$68,942$54,881

Median home value

$229,600$246,400

Median gross rent

$998$1,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Heights	Morton
Under 5	5.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	19.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.0%
75 and over	10.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Heights	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	67.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Heights	Morton
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	16.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Heights	Morton
Drove alone	65.2%	64.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.0%
Public transit	3.3%	7.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	16.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Heights	Morton
1-unit, detached	21.9%	33.5%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	25.3%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	11.5%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Chester Heights	Morton
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1987	1963