Chester vs New Cumberland

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

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

Chester has the higher population (2,302 vs 949 in New Cumberland). Chester has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $39,412 in New Cumberland). Chester has the higher median home value ($110,600 vs $88,600 in New Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	New Cumberland
Population	2,302	949
Median age	55.4 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$39,412
Median home value	$110,600	$88,600
Median gross rent	$686	$672
Housing units	1,332	549
Homeownership rate	81.4%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	New Cumberland
Population	2,275 → 2,302 (+1.2%)	1,079 → 949 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$45,136 → $63,750 (+41.2%)	$34,306 → $39,412 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $110,600 (+21.3%)	$81,000 → $88,600 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $686 (+13.4%)	$446 → $672 (+50.7%)

Chester

Population

2,2752,302

Median household income

$45,136$63,750

Median home value

$91,200$110,600

Median gross rent

$605$686

New Cumberland

Population

1,079949

Median household income

$34,306$39,412

Median home value

$81,000$88,600

Median gross rent

$446$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	New Cumberland
Under 5	1.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	24.8%	16.0%
75 and over	9.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	New Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	New Cumberland
No high school diploma	12.2%	19.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	New Cumberland
Drove alone	74.9%	66.1%
Carpooled	19.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	New Cumberland
1-unit, detached	84.5%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Chester	New Cumberland
Poverty rate	10.1%	26.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1950	1957