One downside of living in Chester is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Chester, the average commute to work is 34.66 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
In Chester, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Chester is a relatively small village. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Chester citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.43% of adults in Chester have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Chester in 2022 was $46,502, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,008 for a family of four. However, Chester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chester is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Chester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chester residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Chester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.24% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chester include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Chester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
