Chester vs Ivanhoe

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

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

Ivanhoe has the higher population (1,619 vs 200 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $42,917 in Ivanhoe). Chester has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $85,500 in Ivanhoe).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Ivanhoe
Population	200	1,619
Median age	57.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$42,917
Median home value	$119,900	$85,500
Median gross rent	$750	$1,106
Housing units	120	999
Homeownership rate	88.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Ivanhoe
Population	391 → 200 (-48.8%)	1,614 → 1,619 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$49,500 → $69,583 (+40.6%)	$35,786 → $42,917 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $119,900 (+38.8%)	$72,100 → $85,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $750 (+33.9%)	$842 → $1,106 (+31.4%)

Chester

Population

391200

Median household income

$49,500$69,583

Median home value

$86,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$560$750

Ivanhoe

Population

1,6141,619

Median household income

$35,786$42,917

Median home value

$72,100$85,500

Median gross rent

$842$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Ivanhoe
Under 5	2.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	26.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.5%
75 and over	18.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Ivanhoe
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Ivanhoe
No high school diploma	10.9%	20.6%
High school graduate	38.2%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Ivanhoe
Drove alone	81.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	2.7%
Other means	6.1%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Ivanhoe
1-unit, detached	85.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Ivanhoe
Poverty rate	8.0%	29.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1969	1985