| Chester | |
| Chester Home & House Values: Free Home Valuation at HouseValues.com | |
| Elevation: | 601 feet |
| Foreign born: | 1.3 |
| County: | Hampden |
| Races | |
| White Non-Hispanic: | 97.8% |
| Hispanic: | 1.3% |
| American Indian: | 0.9% |
| Two or more races: | 0.8% |
| Marital Status | |
| Now married: | 56.7% |
| Never married: | 24.9% |
| Divorced: | 10.2% |
| Widowed: | 5.9% |
| Separated: | 2.4% |
| Median | |
| House value: | $106,100 |
| Household income: | $43,816 |
| Resident age: | 39.4 years |
| Chester Compared to Massachusetts State Average | |
| House age: | above |
| Foreign-born population percentage: | much below |
| Hispanic race population percentage: | below |
| Length of stay since moving in: | above |
| Black race population percentage: | much below |
| Renting percentage: | much below |
| Education | |
| High school or higher: | 87.0% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher: | 17.4% |
| Graduate or professional degree: | 6.1% |
| Unemployed: | 5.6% |
| Crime Statistics | |
| Ancestries | |
| French: | 17.0% |
| English: | 16.1% |
| Irish: | 13.8% |
| Polish: | 11.9% |
| Italian: | 11.7% |
| German: | 10.7% |
| Nearby City | Distance from Chester to... | Population in 2002 |
| Middlefield, MA | 5.13 miles (8.26 km) | |
| Huntington, MA | 6.05 miles (9.73 km) | |
| Becket, MA | 6.46 miles (10.39 km) | |
| Blandford, MA | 7.31 miles (11.77 km) | |
| Otis, MA | 8.31 miles (13.37 km) | |
| Russell, MA | 8.70 miles (14.00 km) | |
| Chesterfield, MA | 10.53 miles (16.95 km) | |
| Tyringham, MA | 11.75 miles (18.90 km) | |
| Southampton, MA | 13.19 miles (21.23 km) | |
| Hinsdale, MA | 13.33 miles (21.46 km) | |
| Cummington, MA | 13.35 miles (21.48 km) | |
| Monterey, MA | 13.81 miles (22.22 km) | |
| Lee, MA | 13.89 miles (22.36 km) | |
| Sandisfield, MA | 14.28 miles (22.98 km) | |
| Goshen, MA | 14.42 miles (23.21 km) | |
| Williamsburg, MA | 14.95 miles (24.07 km) | |
| Westfield, MA | 15.86 miles (25.53 km) | 40,314 |
| Easthampton, MA | 15.88 miles (25.55 km) | 16,180 |
| Granville, MA | 15.88 miles (25.55 km) | |
| Dalton, MA | 16.51 miles (26.57 km) | |
| Lenox, MA | 16.54 miles (26.62 km) | |
| Windsor, MA | 16.58 miles (26.69 km) | |
| Plainfield, MA | 16.64 miles (26.78 km) | |
| Stockbridge, MA | 17.49 miles (28.15 km) | |
| Northampton, MA | 17.55 miles (28.25 km) | 28,979 |