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Population in July 2007: 13,402. Population change since 2000: +9.5%
 

Males: 6,409  (52.8%)
Females: 5,731  (47.2%)

Orange County

Median resident age:  37.3 years
New York median age:  35.9 years

Zip codes: 10918.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $83,800 (it was $69,280 in 2000)
Chester  $83,800
New York:  $49,480

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $350,400 (it was $173,300 in 2000)
Chester  $350,400
New York:  $258,900

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Races in Chester:

  • White Non-Hispanic (79.6%)
  • Hispanic (10.1%)
  • Black (6.6%)
  • Other race (1.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)
  • Asian Indian (1.1%)
  • Chinese (1.0%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Chester: 136.6 (high, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (24.0%), Italian (22.5%), German (15.2%), Polish (8.7%), English (4.4%), United States (3.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1892

Elevation: 460 feet

Land area: 25.2 square miles.

Population density: 525 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Chester

  • High school or higher: 86.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
  • Unemployed: 14.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 43.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Chester town

  • Never married: 25.8%
  • Now married: 63.3%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 4.1%
  • Divorced: 5.6%

846 residents are foreign born (3.4% Europe, 2.1% Asia, 1.0% Latin America).

This town:  7.0%
New York:  20.4%



According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Chester, New York in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Chester to the number of sex offenders is 4405 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this town is smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Chester:  2.6% ($4,477)
New York:  1.9% ($2,847)
Chester satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Ramapo, NY (19.3 miles , pop. 108,905).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Newark, NJ (41.8 miles , pop. 273,546).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (43.2 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Walton Park, NY (3.3 miles ), Monroe, NY (5.5 miles ), Goshen, NY (6.0 miles ), Florida, NY (6.3 miles ), Kiryas Joel, NY (6.9 miles ), Blooming Grove, NY (7.4 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $67,500
  • 1998: 8 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2005: 9 buildings, average cost: $111,700
  • 2007: 33 buildings, average cost: $167,300

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Latitude: 41.33 N, Longitude: 74.27 W


People in group quarters in Chester
  • 815 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 80 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
  • 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards

Area code: 845

Chester, New York business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...



Most common industries for males:
  • Public administration (12%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Health care (16%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Personal and laundry services (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
  • Computer specialists (3%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Customer service representatives (4%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)



 

Crime in Chester by Year
Type 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006
Murders 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 00010
    per 100,000 0.00.00.010.40.0
Assaults 42021
    per 100,000 45.922.80.020.810.3
Burglaries 5716612
    per 100,000 57.479.7169.462.5123.6
Thefts 1230182722
    per 100,000 137.8341.8190.6281.2226.6
Auto thefts 04022
    per 100,000 0.045.60.020.820.6
Arson 0N/AN/AN/A3
    per 100,000 0.0N/AN/AN/A30.9
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 177.4) 18.727.519.524.621.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 12 (12 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  0.91
US city average:  3.00

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Chester-area historical tornado activity is above New York state average. It is 32% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/14/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 14.0 miles away from the Chester town center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 7/29/1971, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 11.1 miles away from the town center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


Chester topographic map

Birthplace of: Karl Anderson - College basketball player (Quinnipiac Bobcats).


Hospitals/medical centers near Chester:
  • ARDEN HILL HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; GOSHEN, NY)
  • ST ANTHONY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; WARWICK, NY)
  • CORNWALL HOSPITAL,THE (about 10 miles; CORNWALL, NY)

Political contributions by individuals in Chester, NY

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Chester:
  • STEWART INT'L (about 17 miles; NEWBURGH, NY; ID: SWF)
  • DUTCHESS COUNTY (about 33 miles; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; ID: POU)
  • TETERBORO (about 37 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Chester:
  • WARWICK MUNI (about 4 miles; WARWICK, NY; ID: N72)
  • RANDALL (about 10 miles; MIDDLETOWN, NY; ID: 06N)
  • ORANGE COUNTY (about 12 miles; MONTGOMERY, NY; ID: MGJ)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Chester:
  • ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; MIDDLETOWN, NY; Full-time enrollment: 3,486)
  • ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; SUFFERN, NY; FT enrollment: 4,409)
  • UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY (about 21 miles; WEST POINT, NY; FT enrollment: 4,088)
  • RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY (about 21 miles; MAHWAH, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,076)
  • WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (about 27 miles; WAYNE, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,017)
  • PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles; PATERSON, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,452)
  • BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; PARAMUS, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,733)
Public high school in Chester:
Public elementary/middle school in Chester:
Library in Chester:
  • CHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $328,870; Location: 1784 KINGS HIGHWAY; 47,109 books; 1,470 audio materials; 1,476 video materials; 110 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Chester and their reported violations in the past:

CHESTER VILLAGE (Population served: 3448, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-11-2003), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-11-2003), St Compliance achieved (MAR-02-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
  • Treatment Technique Precursor Removal - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Carbon, Total-Organic. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (MAR-03-2005), St Public Notif requested (MAR-03-2005), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-03-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUL-27-2005)
TOWN OF CHESTER CONCESSION COMMONS PARK (Address: 1786 KINGS HIGHWAY, Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 5 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Chester that have no violations reported:
  • CAMP LAGUARDIA (Population served: 1135, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
  • BELLVALE BRUDERHOF (Population served: 150, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This town:  2.9 people
New York:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  78.4%
Whole state:  65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  5.1%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  7.2%
Whole state:  14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  3.9%
Whole state:  7.4%

Chester compared to New York state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Median house value significantly above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.


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Banks with branches in Chester (2007 data):
  • Keybank National Association: Chester Branch at Route 17m And Carpenter Road, branch established on 1988-05-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $88,081.2 mil, Deposits: $61,704.6 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 961 total offices, Holding Company: Keycorp
  • Provident Bank: Chester Branch at Route 17m, branch established on 1985-11-06. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,786.4 mil, Deposits: $1,750.5 mil, headquarters in Montebello, NY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 31 total offices
  • TD BankNorth, National Association: Chester Mall Branch at 78 Brookside Avenue, branch established on 1990-04-09. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39,581.7 mil, Deposits: $27,193.6 mil, headquarters in Portland, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 618 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($53,765 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.26%
New York average:  5.41%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($512 average AGI)
Orange County:  0.08%
New York average:  0.24%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Rockland County, NY  0.70% ($62,316 average AGI)
from Bronx County, NY  0.63% ($54,713)
from Westchester County, NY  0.37% ($65,628)


6.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($53,278 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.74%
New York average:  6.26%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($692 average AGI)
Orange County:  0.12%
New York average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Ulster County, NY  0.48% ($41,194 average AGI)
to Sullivan County, NY  0.38% ($42,238)
to Rockland County, NY  0.28% ($56,350)


Strongest AM radio stations in Chester:
  • WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
  • WVNJ (1160 AM; 20 kW; OAKLAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVERSAL B/CASTING OF NEW YORK,INC.)
  • WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
  • WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WSNR (620 AM; 20 kW; JERSEY CITY, NJ)
  • WINS (1010 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WEPN (1050 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK AM RADIO, LLC)
  • WBBR (1130 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BLOOMBERG COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • WADO (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • WGNY (1220 AM; 10 kW; NEWBURGH, NY; Owner: SUNRISE BROADCASTING LLC)
  • WCBS (880 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WLIB (1190 AM; 30 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Chester:
  • WLJP (89.3 FM; MONROE, NY; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)
  • WFKP (99.3 FM; ELLENVILLE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSPK (104.7 FM; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
  • WPDH (101.5 FM; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WFNP (88.7 FM; ROSENDALE, NY; Owner: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK)
  • WRHV (88.7 FM; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; Owner: WMHT EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
  • WPLJ (95.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPLJ-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • WSUS (102.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NJ; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WRKS (98.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK)
  • WNEW (102.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCZX (97.7 FM; HYDE PARK, NY; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WBWZ (93.3 FM; NEW PALTZ, NY; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • WRWD-FM (107.3 FM; HIGHLAND, NY; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • WKCR-FM (89.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK)
  • WZAD (97.3 FM; WURTSBORO, NY; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WNJP (88.5 FM; SUSSEX, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTH.)
  • WRRB (96.9 FM; ARLINGTON, NY; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WXHD (90.1 FM; MOUNT HOPE, NY; Owner: AURICLE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WRRV (92.7 FM; MIDDLETOWN, NY; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WRPJ (88.9 FM; PORT JERVIS, NY; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Chester:
  • WFME-TV (Channel 66; WEST MILFORD, NJ; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WNYW (Channel 5; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • WCBS-TV (Channel 2; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WTBY (Channel 54; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING OF NEW YORK, INC.)
  • WABC-TV (Channel 7; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC)
  • WPIX (Channel 11; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPIX, INC.)
  • WWOR-TV (Channel 9; SECAUCUS, NJ; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • WPXO-LP (Channel 34; EAST ORANGE, NJ; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • WNJU (Channel 47; LINDEN, NJ; Owner: WNJU LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WPXN-TV (Channel 31; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WFUT (Channel 68; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC)
  • WNBC (Channel 4; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WNET (Channel 13; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WXTV (Channel 41; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
  • WXNY-LP (Channel 32; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WNYE-TV (Channel 25; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
  • WKOB-LP (Channel 53; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WKOB COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WEBR-CA (Channel 17; MANHATTAN, NY; Owner: K LICENSEE INC.)
  • WRNN-LP (Channel 57; NYACK, NY; Owner: LP NYACK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMBC-TV (Channel 63; NEWTON, NJ; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W68DN (Channel 68; CHERRY HILL, ETC., NJ; Owner: MARCIA COHEN)
  • WRNN-TV (Channel 62; KINGSTON, NY; Owner: WRNN-TV ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

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