Chester, Pennsylvania, is located in Delaware County, 12 miles NE of Wilmington, Delaware and 15 miles SW of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chester has a population of 36,854.

Chester Homes

Chester properties pool is 12,814 residential properties including Chester new homes. Median age of real estate in Chester is 1948. Average Household size is 3.34 people. 4% are one bedroom homes, 10% are 2 bedroom homes, 70% are 3 bedroom homes, 11% are 4 bedroom homes, and 4% are 5+ bedroom homes.

Chester Mortgage Statistics

Chester mortgages vs. USA median statistics

Chester Area Real Estate Tax

Chester Real estate Tax: Median Real Estate Taxes (2000) were $1,315 comparing to 1999 Median Family income $ 30,336. Compare to USA median yearly Real Estate Tax $1,300 and USA median Family Income $42,000 (1999).

Chester School District: Children make up 29.8% of Chester population. Chester has 10,969 under 18 years old residents, or 0.86 kids per one worker, or 0.86 kids per one household.

Chester Real Estate & Chester Homeownership

There are 3972.34 or 31% one person households, 3331.64 or 26% two person households, and 2178.38 or 17% three person households in Chester, Pennsylvania. Median residents age is 30.6, Senior citizens (65+) make up 4,343 or 11.8%% of Chester population.

There are 12,799 workers (over 16 years of age) in Chester. Of these, 74.83% drive to work. Approximately 16.42% of workers in Chester take public transportation. An estimated 6.36% walk to work.

Median Chester homeowner's housing expences are 20.7%

Crime in Chester (2003), crimes per 10,000 residents per year

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