Chester vs Lansdowne

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

Chester and Lansdowne 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 11,064 in Lansdowne). Lansdowne has the higher median household income ($69,261 vs $39,809 in Chester). Lansdowne has the higher median home value ($199,200 vs $85,400 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Lansdowne
Population	33,209	11,064
Median age	33.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,809	$69,261
Median home value	$85,400	$199,200
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,219
Housing units	14,845	4,933
Homeownership rate	40.9%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Lansdowne
Population	33,982 → 33,209 (-2.3%)	10,638 → 11,064 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$32,403 → $39,809 (+22.9%)	$55,536 → $69,261 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $85,400 (+18.0%)	$161,100 → $199,200 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,080 (+25.6%)	$1,023 → $1,219 (+19.2%)

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

Lansdowne

Population

10,63811,064

Median household income

$55,536$69,261

Median home value

$161,100$199,200

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Lansdowne
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Lansdowne
White (non-Hispanic)	14.3%	37.6%
Black or African American	70.9%	49.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Lansdowne
No high school diploma	13.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	48.8%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Lansdowne
Drove alone	61.3%	60.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.9%
Public transit	9.6%	16.4%
Walked	7.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Lansdowne
1-unit, detached	8.2%	27.3%
1-unit, attached	65.2%	35.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	11.8%
20 or more units	6.2%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Lansdowne
Poverty rate	30.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1947	1943