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.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 (19.52%), office and administrative support (13.97%), and management occupations (9.39%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.85% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Chester is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Chester, the average commute to work is 35.49 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. 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 population of Chester is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.
