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Chester, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chester, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,848. 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-MD · Chester, MD 1 ZIPs · 5,848 pop · #3374/25278 · Queen Anne's County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $107,639
  • RANK-TOP #3374/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Queen Anne
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,848
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $486,600

Nearest income peer: Queen Anne, MD ( $2,699 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, MD sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,848
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$107,639
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $107,639 and home value $486,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 38.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Chester as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Westminster is the closest lower-income city and White Hall the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chester.

Population concentration

Chester's single ZIP 21619 carries the town

Chester is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 21619 is the entire residential footprint (5,848 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Chester's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 218 establishments, 1,733 employees , annual payroll $76,764k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21619 (218 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (36) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Chester, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Queen Anne's County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chester. See the Queen Anne's County roll-up →

Chester lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Queen Anne's County: Stevensville, Centreville and Grasonville earn more and Church Hill, Sudlersville and Queen Anne earn less. Grasonville marks the far end of that range at $140,086, 30% above Chester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21619 5,848 $107,639 218 244
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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, .