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CHESTER, CONNECTICUT QUICK STATSCounty: Middlesex
Elevation: 86 feet
Land Area: 16.0 square miles
Population Density: 238 people per square mile
Population change since 2000: 1.80%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (95.6%), Hispanic (1.7%), Two or more races (0.9%), Black (0.9%), American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries (City): Italian (20.6%), English (17.5%), Irish (16.7%), German (15.4%), Polish (9.8%), Swedish (6.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Meriden, CT (19.0 miles , pop. 58,244)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Brookhaven, NY (46.9 miles , pop. 448,248)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (82.7 miles , pop. 1,332,650)
Nearest cities: Chester Center, CT (1.0 miles ), Deep River Center, CT (1.6 miles ), Deep River, CT (1.6 miles ), Essex, CT (2.2 miles ), Haddam, CT (2.2 miles ), Essex Village, CT (2.3 miles ), Killingworth, CT (2.4 miles ), Lyme, CT (2.5 miles )
Airports and Heliports located in Chester: Chester Airport (Runways: 1, Air Taxi Ops: 3,485, Itinerant Ops: 7,200, Local Ops: 6,900)
Chester Compared to State Average: Median household income above state average. Median house value above state average. Unemployed percentage below state average. Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average. Number of rooms per house above state average. Institutionalized population percentage above state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.
CHESTER, CONNECTICUT EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 88.00%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 35.50%
Graduate or professional degree: 16.40%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Chester:
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY about 15 miles, MIDDLETOWN, CT, Full-time enrollment: 2,993 QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY about 23 miles, HAMDEN, CT, FT enrollment: 5,836 YALE UNIVERSITY about 24 miles, NEW HAVEN, CT, FT enrollment: 11,011 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY about 24 miles, NEW BRITAIN, CT, FT enrollment: 8,967 GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 25 miles, NEW HAVEN, CT, FT enrollment: 2,100 EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY about 26 miles, WILLIMANTIC, CT, FT enrollment: 4,165 TRINITY COLLEGE about 26 miles, HARTFORD, CT, FT enrollment: 2,056
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