Chester vs Ludlow

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

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

Chester has the higher population (1,356 vs 755 in Ludlow). Chester has the higher median household income ($67,782 vs $53,654 in Ludlow). Ludlow has the higher median home value ($278,300 vs $245,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Ludlow
Population	1,356	755
Median age	39.1 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,782	$53,654
Median home value	$245,300	$278,300
Median gross rent	$938	$1,029
Housing units	741	671
Homeownership rate	55.3%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Ludlow
Population	864 → 1,356 (+56.9%)	688 → 755 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$58,462 → $67,782 (+15.9%)	$41,736 → $53,654 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $245,300 (+16.5%)	$191,800 → $278,300 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $938 (+44.5%)	$840 → $1,029 (+22.5%)

Chester

Population

8641,356

Median household income

$58,462$67,782

Median home value

$210,500$245,300

Median gross rent

$649$938

Ludlow

Population

688755

Median household income

$41,736$53,654

Median home value

$191,800$278,300

Median gross rent

$840$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Ludlow
Under 5	5.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	5.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	4.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	24.6%	13.0%
75 and over	6.1%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Ludlow
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Ludlow
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Ludlow
Drove alone	64.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	23.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	14.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Ludlow
1-unit, detached	64.1%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	32.8%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Ludlow
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.48	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938