Chester Heights vs Upland

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

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

Upland has the higher population (3,056 vs 2,922 in Chester Heights). Chester Heights has the higher median household income ($110,729 vs $60,200 in Upland). Chester Heights has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $173,300 in Upland).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Heights	Upland
Population	2,922	3,056
Median age	43.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,729	$60,200
Median home value	$296,600	$173,300
Median gross rent	$2,361	$1,047
Housing units	1,404	1,241
Homeownership rate	76.4%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Heights	Upland
Population	2,661 → 2,922 (+9.8%)	3,322 → 3,056 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$85,954 → $110,729 (+28.8%)	$44,503 → $60,200 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $296,600 (+19.1%)	$114,400 → $173,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $2,361 (+23.0%)	$769 → $1,047 (+36.2%)

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

Upland

Population

3,3223,056

Median household income

$44,503$60,200

Median home value

$114,400$173,300

Median gross rent

$769$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Heights	Upland
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	6.3%
75 and over	10.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Heights	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	46.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Heights	Upland
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	16.1%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Heights	Upland
Drove alone	65.2%	70.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.8%
Public transit	3.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	17.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	2.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Heights	Upland
1-unit, detached	21.9%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	59.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	11.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Heights	Upland
Poverty rate	5.3%	14.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1987	1941