Chester is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,996 people and three associated neighborhoods, Chester is the 383rd largest community in New York.Chester is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Chester is a village of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Chester who work in sales jobs (20.66%), office and administrative support (12.46%), and management occupations (11.86%). Of important note, Chester is also a village of artists. Chester has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Chester’s character. One downside of living in Chester, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.40 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. Despite being a small village, Chester has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.The education level of Chester citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.32% of adults in Chester have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Chester in 2022 was $47,529, 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 $190,116 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 37.12% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chester include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and Romanian. The most common language spoken in Chester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
