Chester, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 3,834 (Urban population: 2,334, Rural population: 1,500 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 1,613 (1,510 occupied: 1,122 owner occupied, 388 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	26%
State:	33%

Housing density: 101 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $864 (lower quartile is $681, upper quartile is $1,096)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $846

Median gross rent in Chester, CT in 2007: $1,098

Housing units in Chester with a mortgage: 685 (66 second mortgage, 156 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 298

Chester,CT index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $352,269 (it was $186,100 in 2000)

Chester:	$352,269
Connecticut:	$309,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $249,119 - $471,933

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $443,820
Here: $443,820
State: $418,487

In 2-unit structures: $158,623
Here: $158,623
State: $295,498

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $77,833
Here: $77,833
State: $220,717

Household type by relationship

Households: 3,589

In family households: 3,012 (720 male householders, 277 female householders)
865 spouses, 997 children (905 natural, 12 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 35 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 577 (220 male householders (179 living alone)), 284 female householders (248 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 154 (138 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 457 2-persons, 223 3-persons, 211 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 427 1-person, 77 2-persons.

686 married couples with children.
116 single-parent households (24 men, 92 women).

94.5% of residents of Chester speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 165 (4.4%)
(61.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chester, Connecticut:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 12 3 rooms: 5 4 rooms: 79 5 rooms: 167 6 rooms: 306 7 rooms: 247 8 rooms: 181 9 or more rooms: 125

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chester, Connecticut:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 47 3 rooms: 89 4 rooms: 133 5 rooms: 52 6 rooms: 55 7 rooms: 0 8 rooms: 12 9 or more rooms: 0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 6
1995 to 1998: 111
1990 to 1994: 156
1980 to 1989: 145
1970 to 1979: 141
1960 to 1969: 236
1950 to 1959: 136
1940 to 1949: 154
1939 or earlier: 528

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chester:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 24 2 bedrooms: 181 3 bedrooms: 609 4 bedrooms: 270 5 or more bedrooms: 32

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chester:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 156 2 bedrooms: 178 3 bedrooms: 38 4 bedrooms: 16 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Chester in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 29 1 vehicle: 256 2 vehicles: 503 3 vehicles: 216 4 vehicles: 100 5 or more vehicles: 18

Cars and other vehicles available in Chester in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 37 1 vehicle: 193 2 vehicles: 108 3 vehicles: 42 4 vehicles: 8 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Chester, CT:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 0
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 21
$90,000 to $99,999: 6
$100,000 to $124,999: 118
$125,000 to $149,999: 90
$150,000 to $174,999: 196
$175,000 to $199,999: 183
$200,000 to $249,999: 135
$250,000 to $299,999: 64
$300,000 to $399,999: 92
$400,000 to $499,999: 20
$500,000 to $749,999: 29
$750,000 to $999,999: 23
$1,000,000 or more: 6

Chester rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Chester:

Less than $100: 7 people
$100 to $149: 2
$150 to $199: 3
$200 to $249: 11
$250 to $299: 5
$300 to $349: 1
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 0
$450 to $499: 0
$500 to $549: 5
$550 to $599: 22
$600 to $649: 25
$650 to $699: 29
$700 to $749: 35
$750 to $799: 5
$800 to $899: 49
$900 to $999: 46
$1,000 to $1,249: 56
$1,250 to $1,499: 4
$1,500 to $1,999: 7
$2,000 or more: 44
No cash rent: 39

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 30 1990 to 1994: 5 1985 to 1989: 7 1980 to 1984: 13 1975 to 1979: 4 1970 to 1974: 14 1970 to 1974: 13 1965 to 1969: 79

Percentage of workers working in this county: 69.5%
Number of people working at home: 111 (5.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 150
5 to 9 minutes: 218
10 to 14 minutes: 315
15 to 19 minutes: 295
20 to 24 minutes: 229
25 to 29 minutes: 104
30 to 34 minutes: 181
35 to 39 minutes: 76
40 to 44 minutes: 113
45 to 59 minutes: 115
60 to 89 minutes: 59
90 or more minutes: 44

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,698 (84%)
Carpooled: 132 (7%)
Railroad: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 10 (0%)
Walked: 50 (2%)
Worked at home: 111 (6%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 37
$10,000 to $14,999: 57
$15,000 to $19,999: 69
$20,000 to $24,999: 79
$25,000 to $29,999: 53
$30,000 to $34,999: 47
$35,000 to $39,999: 120
$40,000 to $44,999: 77
$45,000 to $49,999: 47
$50,000 to $59,999: 120
$60,000 to $74,999: 173
$75,000 to $99,999: 218
$100,000 to $124,999: 155
$125,000 to $149,999: 78
$150,000 to $199,999: 101
$200,000 or more: 70

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 622

English: 424

Irish: 417

German: 316

Polish: 247

United States or American: 152

Swedish: 142

Other groups: 128

French Canadian: 115

French (except Basque): 88

Dutch: 58

Scottish: 43

Lithuanian: 38

Welsh: 37

Hungarian: 25

Norwegian: 24

Russian: 21

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 20

Danish: 20

Czechoslovakian: 15

Scotch-Irish: 14

Arab:: 13

Moroccan: 13

Greek: 12

Scandinavian: 11

Finnish: 10

Ukrainian: 8

British: 6

Czech: 6

Armenian: 5

Slovak: 5

Swiss: 5

Croatian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

France (14%)
Canada (13%)
Peru (9%)
Germany (8%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Netherlands (7%)
Colombia (7%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 2522
Northeast: 746
Midwest: 165
South: 64
West: 76

64% of Chester residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 5
7th and 8th grade: 18
9th grade: 30
10th grade: 23
11th grade: 32
12th grade, no diploma: 67
High school graduate (or equivalency): 340
Less than 1 year of college: 67
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 161
Associate degree: 112
Bachelor's degree: 218
Master's degree: 87
Professional school degree: 83
Doctorate degree: 51

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 10
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 9
9th grade: 33
10th grade: 52
11th grade: 39
12th grade, no diploma: 13
High school graduate (or equivalency): 380
Less than 1 year of college: 53
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 181
Associate degree: 154
Bachelor's degree: 311
Master's degree: 150
Professional school degree: 43
Doctorate degree: 38

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 20.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $78,155
Black householders: $28,944
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $98,634
Asian householders: $110,927
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $166,168

Chester household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Chester household income for Black householders

Chester household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Chester marital status for males

Chester marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $346,022
Black or African American householders: $307,596
Hispanic or Latino householders: $581,309

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,275
One, attached: 10
Two: 70
3 or 4: 75
5 to 9: 57
10 to 19: 18
20 to 49: 7
50 or more: 87
Mobile homes: 14

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Chester:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (79%) Electricity (13%) Wood (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (53%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19

Here:	5.1%
Connecticut:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24

Here:	12.1%
Connecticut:	11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10

Here:	16.7%
Connecticut:	33.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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