Chester CenterCT
Some 2,026 people live in this town, in Connecticut.
Is Chester Center a good place to live?
34% of residents are 65 or older in Chester Center, against 20% in Connecticut’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only 2 of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Chester Center. The biggest park or preserve is Chester Creek Preserve, at 42 acres. We don’t grade Chester Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Chester Center has grown 10% from 2010 to 2020
1,558 counted in 2010 and 1,720 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Gillette Castle State Park and 81 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chester Center. Close and well known come first.
2 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
20 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
27 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
28 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
29 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
26 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumPhoto credits
Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Chester Center: who provides what
Chester Center is unincorporated, so Middlesex County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Chester Center.
Chester Center skews older than Connecticut
People 65 and older are 34% of residents (19% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 29% of residents (39% statewide). Among adults 25 and older in Chester Center, 40% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Also worth knowing: the midpoint age here is 44.9 years.
| Chester Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.9 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Chester Center | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.9% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.1% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.7% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 23.9% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.6% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.4% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.2% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.7% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.8% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.3% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
With only 0.7 jobs per working resident, most people in Chester Center work out of town
The top destinations are Chester (10%), Essex (9%) and Hartford (6%). Just 4% of Chester Center’s working residents have a job in town. This Connecticut town had 567 jobs in 2023, down 236 from 2013. In Chester Center, 17% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Chester Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Chester Center
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 21°, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Chester Center is inland flooding, at a high overall level
FEMA puts 80% of Chester Center’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to hurricanes. Its FEMA hazard score stands at 64 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Chester Center stands out in Connecticut and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure
CDC measures, 32 in all: Chester Center beats Connecticut on 12 and trails on 5. For adults here, the share who have obesity is 30%. Only 6 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Chester Center. Two figures for adults here: 84% had a checkup this year, 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Chester Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Chester Center | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.7% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Less of Chester Center is conserved land than in most of Connecticut or the rest of the country
0.1 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chester Creek Preserve | — | 42 |
| 2. North Quarter Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
| 3. Cockaponset State Forest | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Chester Center sell for about $695K
The share of households in Chester Center who own their home: 69%. In Chester Center, the going rate for rent is $1,473 a month.
| Chester Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 69% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,473 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Chester Center
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chester Center
About 6 of every 100 Chester Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
96% of working residents leave Chester Center for work
Where Chester Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Chester Center
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Chester Center is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village in the town of Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is located in the southeastern corner of the town, bordered to the south by the town of Deep River and to the southwest largely by the Connecticut Route 9 freeway.
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- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
Chester Center’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Chester Center.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deep River | #33 | A− | C | — | A− | A |
| Chester | #86 | B | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Deep River Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Deep River and Chester report no FBI crime data of their own. Chester Center and Deep River Center aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Chester Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Chester Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chester Center, CT a good place to live?
We don’t grade Chester Center yet; the figures below are still real. Some 2,026 people live in this town, in Connecticut.