Chester Gap vs Washington

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

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

Chester Gap has the higher population (896 vs 61 in Washington). Washington has the higher median home value ($763,900 vs $243,100 in Chester Gap). Since 2019, Chester Gap's population has grown faster (-21.7% vs -40.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Gap	Washington
Population	896	61
Median age	31.8 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,183	—
Median home value	$243,100	$763,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,286
Housing units	243	69
Homeownership rate	67.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Gap	Washington
Population	1,145 → 896 (-21.7%)	103 → 61 (-40.8%)
Median household income	$88,409 → $74,183 (-16.1%)	$50,938 → $40,000 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $243,100 (+21.4%)	$477,800 → $763,900 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,143 (+0.2%)	$939 → $1,286 (+37.0%)

Chester Gap

Population

1,145896

Median household income

$88,409$74,183

Median home value

$200,200$243,100

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,143

Washington

Population

10361

Median household income

$50,938$40,000

Median home value

$477,800$763,900

Median gross rent

$939$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Gap	Washington
Under 5	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	3.3%
35 to 44	19.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	3.3%
55 to 64	2.5%	21.3%
65 to 74	2.8%	23.0%
75 and over	10.8%	37.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Gap	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Gap	Washington
No high school diploma	21.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	45.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Gap	Washington
Drove alone	86.1%	28.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	54.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Gap	Washington
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Gap	Washington
Poverty rate	7.9%	0.0%
Average household size	3.69	1.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1983	1938