Chester vs Windsor

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

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

Windsor has the higher population (1,961 vs 1,356 in Chester). Chester has the higher median household income ($67,782 vs $48,371 in Windsor). Chester has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $158,800 in Windsor).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Windsor
Population	1,356	1,961
Median age	39.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,782	$48,371
Median home value	$245,300	$158,800
Median gross rent	$938	$988
Housing units	741	1,092
Homeownership rate	55.3%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Windsor
Population	864 → 1,356 (+56.9%)	2,150 → 1,961 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$58,462 → $67,782 (+15.9%)	$41,542 → $48,371 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $245,300 (+16.5%)	$154,200 → $158,800 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $938 (+44.5%)	$922 → $988 (+7.2%)

Chester

Population

8641,356

Median household income

$58,462$67,782

Median home value

$210,500$245,300

Median gross rent

$649$938

Windsor

Population

2,1501,961

Median household income

$41,542$48,371

Median home value

$154,200$158,800

Median gross rent

$922$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Windsor
Under 5	5.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	4.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	24.6%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Windsor
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	27.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Windsor
Drove alone	64.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	23.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.9%
Other means	2.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Windsor
1-unit, detached	64.1%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Windsor
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938