Chester vs White River Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and White River Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White River Junction has the higher population (2,878 vs 1,356 in Chester). White River Junction has the higher median household income ($73,546 vs $67,782 in Chester). White River Junction has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $245,300 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	White River Junction
Population	1,356	2,878
Median age	39.1 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,782	$73,546
Median home value	$245,300	$250,700
Median gross rent	$938	$1,116
Housing units	741	1,308
Homeownership rate	55.3%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	White River Junction
Population	864 → 1,356 (+56.9%)	2,209 → 2,878 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$58,462 → $67,782 (+15.9%)	$45,000 → $73,546 (+63.4%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $245,300 (+16.5%)	$213,600 → $250,700 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $938 (+44.5%)	$922 → $1,116 (+21.0%)

Chester

Population

8641,356

Median household income

$58,462$67,782

Median home value

$210,500$245,300

Median gross rent

$649$938

White River Junction

Population

2,2092,878

Median household income

$45,000$73,546

Median home value

$213,600$250,700

Median gross rent

$922$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	White River Junction
Under 5	5.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	23.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	4.1%	6.9%
65 to 74	24.6%	7.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	White River Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	White River Junction
No high school diploma	5.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	White River Junction
Drove alone	64.0%	68.9%
Carpooled	23.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	5.9%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.4%
Other means	2.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	White River Junction
1-unit, detached	64.1%	37.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	33.6%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	12.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester	White River Junction
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1938	1952