PlainZIP

Chester, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chester, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,370. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CHESTER-MA · Chester, MA 1 ZIPs · 1,370 pop · #6545/25278 · Hampden County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $89,299
  • RANK-UPPER #6545/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,370
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $291,400

Nearest income peer: Westfield, MA ( $571 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Chester

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Chester on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Chester, MA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 26%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,370
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$89,299
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 01011 (1,370 residents). Household income $89,299 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Chester as a pure owner town.

Within Massachusetts, Three Rivers is the closest lower-income city and Acushnet the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chester.

Population concentration

Chester reads through its lone ZIP, 01011

1,370 ACS residents, one ZIP: 01011 is not the leading code inside Chester, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Chester

Citywide ZBP: 10 establishments, 26 employees , annual payroll $1,552k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 01011 (10 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Chester, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Hampden County, which covers 40 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chester. See the Hampden County roll-up →

Chester lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Hampden County: Longmeadow, East Longmeadow and Wilbraham earn more and Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke earn less. Longmeadow marks the far end of that range at $147,935, 66% above Chester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
01011 1,370 $89,299 10 17
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Chester roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Chester, .