Chester vs Wilder

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

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

Wilder has the higher population (3,394 vs 1,356 in Chester). Wilder has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $67,782 in Chester). Chester has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $241,000 in Wilder).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Wilder
Population	1,356	3,394
Median age	39.1 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,782	$69,063
Median home value	$245,300	$241,000
Median gross rent	$938	$1,200
Housing units	741	1,792
Homeownership rate	55.3%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Wilder
Population	864 → 1,356 (+56.9%)	1,692 → 3,394 (+100.6%)
Median household income	$58,462 → $67,782 (+15.9%)	$64,806 → $69,063 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $245,300 (+16.5%)	$233,500 → $241,000 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $938 (+44.5%)	$1,355 → $1,200 (-11.4%)

Chester

Population

8641,356

Median household income

$58,462$67,782

Median home value

$210,500$245,300

Median gross rent

$649$938

Wilder

Population

1,6923,394

Median household income

$64,806$69,063

Median home value

$233,500$241,000

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Wilder
Under 5	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	4.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	24.6%	16.7%
75 and over	6.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Wilder
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Wilder
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	44.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Wilder
Drove alone	64.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	23.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Wilder
1-unit, detached	64.1%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	15.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Wilder
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1938	1983