Chester vs Woodville

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

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

Woodville has the higher population (2,884 vs 200 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $41,890 in Woodville). Woodville has the higher median home value ($188,200 vs $119,900 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Woodville
Population	200	2,884
Median age	57.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$41,890
Median home value	$119,900	$188,200
Median gross rent	$750	$945
Housing units	120	1,443
Homeownership rate	88.2%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Woodville
Population	391 → 200 (-48.8%)	2,776 → 2,884 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$49,500 → $69,583 (+40.6%)	$37,042 → $41,890 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $119,900 (+38.8%)	$92,600 → $188,200 (+103.2%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $750 (+33.9%)	$745 → $945 (+26.8%)

Chester

Population

391200

Median household income

$49,500$69,583

Median home value

$86,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$560$750

Woodville

Population

2,7762,884

Median household income

$37,042$41,890

Median home value

$92,600$188,200

Median gross rent

$745$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Woodville
Under 5	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	26.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.1%
75 and over	18.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Woodville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	64.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	22.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Woodville
No high school diploma	10.9%	18.1%
High school graduate	38.2%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Woodville
Drove alone	81.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.1%
Other means	6.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Woodville
1-unit, detached	85.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Woodville
Poverty rate	8.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	36	20
Median year structure built	1969	1981