Chester vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (3,882 vs 1,356 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($67,782 vs $44,375 in Springfield). Chester has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $138,400 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Springfield
Population	1,356	3,882
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,782	$44,375
Median home value	$245,300	$138,400
Median gross rent	$938	$726
Housing units	741	2,102
Homeownership rate	55.3%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Springfield
Population	864 → 1,356 (+56.9%)	3,793 → 3,882 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$58,462 → $67,782 (+15.9%)	$37,273 → $44,375 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $245,300 (+16.5%)	$133,900 → $138,400 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $938 (+44.5%)	$846 → $726 (-14.2%)

Chester

Population

8641,356

Median household income

$58,462$67,782

Median home value

$210,500$245,300

Median gross rent

$649$938

Springfield

Population

3,7933,882

Median household income

$37,273$44,375

Median home value

$133,900$138,400

Median gross rent

$846$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Springfield
Under 5	5.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	4.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	24.6%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Springfield
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Springfield
Drove alone	64.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	23.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.9%
Other means	2.1%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Springfield
1-unit, detached	64.1%	49.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	24.5%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Springfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1938	1953