| Chester | |
| Chester Home & House Values: Free Home Valuation at HouseValues.com | |
| Foreign born: | 7.0% (3.4% Europe, 2.1% Asia, 1.0% Latin America) |
| County: | Orange |
| Races | |
| 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% |
| Marital Status | |
| Now married: | 63.3% |
| Never married: | 25.8% |
| Divorced: | 5.6% |
| Widowed: | 4.1% |
| Separated: | 1.3% |
| Median | |
| House value: | $173,300 |
| Household income: | $69,280 |
| Resident age: | 37.3 years |
| Chester Compared to New York State Average | |
| Median house value: | much above |
| Number of rooms per house: | above |
| Unemployed percentage: | above |
| Foreign-born population percentage: | above |
| Renting percentage: | below |
| Median household income: | above |
| Education | |
| High school or higher: | 86.0% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher: | 25.9% |
| Unemployed: | 14.0% |
| Graduate or professional degree: | 9.2% |
| Crime Statistics | |
| Ancestries | |
| Irish: | 24.0% |
| Italian: | 22.5% |
| German: | 15.2% |
| Polish: | 8.7% |
| English: | 4.4% |
| United States: | 3.0% |
| Nearby City | Distance from Chester to... | Population in 2002 |
| Goshen, NY | 3.88 miles (6.24 km) | |
| Cornwall on Hudson, NY | 4.76 miles (7.66 km) | 3,109 |
| Monroe, NY | 4.91 miles (7.90 km) | |
| Florida, NY | 4.93 miles (7.93 km) | |
| Blooming Grove, NY | 5.10 miles (8.21 km) | |
| Washingtonville, NY | 7.09 miles (11.41 km) | 6,226 |
| Harriman, NY | 7.57 miles (12.18 km) | 2,277 |
| Highland Mills, NY | 7.61 miles (12.24 km) | |
| Central Valley, NY | 8.09 miles (13.02 km) | |
| Warwick, NY | 8.66 miles (13.94 km) | |
| Maybrook, NY | 8.84 miles (14.23 km) | 3,976 |
| Middletown, NY | 9.75 miles (15.70 km) | 25,775 |
| Greenwood Lake, NY | 9.76 miles (15.70 km) | 3,443 |
| Montgomery, NY | 11.55 miles (18.59 km) | |
| Tuxedo Park, NY | 12.54 miles (20.19 km) | 733 |
| Vails Gate, NY | 12.77 miles (20.55 km) | |
| Walden, NY | 14.39 miles (23.16 km) | 6,528 |
| Cornwall, NY | 14.43 miles (23.22 km) | |
| Fort Montgomery, NY | 14.93 miles (24.02 km) | |
| Sloatsburg, NY | 14.96 miles (24.07 km) | 3,140 |
| New Windsor, NY | 15.07 miles (24.26 km) | |
| Unionville, NY | 15.65 miles (25.18 km) | 548 |
| Otisville, NY | 15.84 miles (25.49 km) | 1,014 |
| Highland Falls, NY | 15.84 miles (25.49 km) | 3,759 |
| Bloomingburg, NY | 15.87 miles (25.54 km) | 352 |