Chester vs Drexel Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and Drexel Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chester has the higher population (33,209 vs 30,015 in Drexel Hill). Drexel Hill has the higher median household income ($87,993 vs $39,809 in Chester). Drexel Hill has the higher median home value ($239,900 vs $85,400 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Drexel Hill
Population	33,209	30,015
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,809	$87,993
Median home value	$85,400	$239,900
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,312
Housing units	14,845	12,664
Homeownership rate	40.9%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Drexel Hill
Population	33,982 → 33,209 (-2.3%)	27,939 → 30,015 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$32,403 → $39,809 (+22.9%)	$71,326 → $87,993 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $85,400 (+18.0%)	$182,200 → $239,900 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,080 (+25.6%)	$1,093 → $1,312 (+20.0%)

Chester

Population

33,98233,209

Median household income

$32,403$39,809

Median home value

$72,400$85,400

Median gross rent

$860$1,080

Drexel Hill

Population

27,93930,015

Median household income

$71,326$87,993

Median home value

$182,200$239,900

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,312

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Drexel Hill
Under 5	6.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	16.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.3%
75 and over	5.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Drexel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	14.3%	62.4%
Black or African American	70.9%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Drexel Hill
No high school diploma	13.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	48.8%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Drexel Hill
Drove alone	61.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.4%
Public transit	9.6%	7.1%
Walked	7.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.6%	15.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Drexel Hill
1-unit, detached	8.2%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	65.2%	35.4%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	6.2%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Drexel Hill
Poverty rate	30.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1947	1948