Brandermill vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (23,519 vs 13,938 in Brandermill). Brandermill has the higher median household income ($107,748 vs $88,455 in Chester). Brandermill has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $290,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Brandermill	Chester
Population	13,938	23,519
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,748	$88,455
Median home value	$349,300	$290,600
Median gross rent	$1,695	$1,463
Housing units	5,989	9,697
Homeownership rate	72.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandermill	Chester
Population	13,836 → 13,938 (+0.7%)	22,032 → 23,519 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$101,426 → $107,748 (+6.2%)	$70,519 → $88,455 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$257,000 → $349,300 (+35.9%)	$221,900 → $290,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,695 (+23.9%)	$1,197 → $1,463 (+22.2%)

Brandermill

Population

13,83613,938

Median household income

$101,426$107,748

Median home value

$257,000$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,695

Chester

Population

22,03223,519

Median household income

$70,519$88,455

Median home value

$221,900$290,600

Median gross rent

$1,197$1,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandermill	Chester
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.4%
75 and over	10.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandermill	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	54.2%
Black or African American	13.0%	28.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandermill	Chester
No high school diploma	2.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	17.0%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandermill	Chester
Drove alone	71.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.5%	16.1%
Other means	0.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandermill	Chester
1-unit, detached	67.3%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Brandermill	Chester
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1987	1990