About Chester Heights

Chester Heights is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,528 people and just one neighborhood, Chester Heights is the 615th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Chester Heights is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 91.51% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Chester Heights is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chester Heights who work in management occupations (15.14%), sales jobs (13.87%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.43%).

Also of interest is that Chester Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

For a small borough, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Chester Heights. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Chester Heights.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Chester Heights is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Being a small borough, Chester Heights does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Chester Heights Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Chester Heights. 46.24% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Chester Heights in 2000 was $37,707, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,828 for a family of four. However, Chester Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Chester Heights home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chester Heights is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Chester Heights include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Chester Heights is English.