Chester vs Meadowbrook

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

Chester and Meadowbrook 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 20,383 in Meadowbrook). Chester has the higher median household income ($88,455 vs $79,750 in Meadowbrook). Chester has the higher median home value ($290,600 vs $262,600 in Meadowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Meadowbrook
Population	23,519	20,383
Median age	41.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,455	$79,750
Median home value	$290,600	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,461
Housing units	9,697	7,590
Homeownership rate	72.9%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Meadowbrook
Population	22,032 → 23,519 (+6.7%)	19,811 → 20,383 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$70,519 → $88,455 (+25.4%)	$64,106 → $79,750 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$221,900 → $290,600 (+31.0%)	$191,500 → $262,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,197 → $1,463 (+22.2%)	$1,143 → $1,461 (+27.8%)

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

Meadowbrook

Population

19,81120,383

Median household income

$64,106$79,750

Median home value

$191,500$262,600

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,461

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Meadowbrook
Under 5	5.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.6%
75 and over	6.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	24.7%
Black or African American	28.0%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	7.2%	15.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	73.3%	69.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	12.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	70.4%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	10.1%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	7.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1990	1979