Chester is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,008 people and three associated neighborhoods, Chester is the 383rd largest community in New York.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Chester telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.85% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Chester, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

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 citizens of Chester are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.43% of adults in Chester have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chester in 2022 was $55,510, 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 $222,040 for a family of four.

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 Black or African-American. Chester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.59% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chester include Italian, German, Irish, European, and Romanian.

The most common language spoken in Chester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.