Chester vs Yeadon

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

Chester and Yeadon 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 12,091 in Yeadon). Yeadon has the higher median household income ($57,336 vs $39,809 in Chester). Yeadon has the higher median home value ($172,500 vs $85,400 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Yeadon
Population	33,209	12,091
Median age	33.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,809	$57,336
Median home value	$85,400	$172,500
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,117
Housing units	14,845	5,216
Homeownership rate	40.9%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Yeadon
Population	33,982 → 33,209 (-2.3%)	11,485 → 12,091 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$32,403 → $39,809 (+22.9%)	$54,487 → $57,336 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $85,400 (+18.0%)	$140,500 → $172,500 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,080 (+25.6%)	$905 → $1,117 (+23.4%)

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

Yeadon

Population

11,48512,091

Median household income

$54,487$57,336

Median home value

$140,500$172,500

Median gross rent

$905$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Yeadon
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.3%
75 and over	5.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Yeadon
White (non-Hispanic)	14.3%	8.5%
Black or African American	70.9%	85.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Yeadon
No high school diploma	13.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	48.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Yeadon
Drove alone	61.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.4%
Public transit	9.6%	10.4%
Walked	7.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.3%
Other means	1.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Yeadon
1-unit, detached	8.2%	16.9%
1-unit, attached	65.2%	41.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	12.4%
20 or more units	6.2%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Yeadon
Poverty rate	30.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1947	1950