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Chester, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chester, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 35,130. 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-PA · Chester, PA 1 ZIPs · 35,130 pop · #23741/25278 · Delaware County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $41,261
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23741/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Darby
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 39% owners
  • POP-SMALL 35,130
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $83,700

Nearest income peer: Darby, PA (+ $5,202 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, PA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
35,130
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$41,261
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($41,261 average) · poverty 29.2%. The primary code (19013) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (39.0%) for this income tier, rent $1,099 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Pennsylvania, Renovo is the closest lower-income city and Van Voorhis 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, 19013

35,130 ACS residents, one ZIP: 19013 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: 454 establishments, 12,617 employees , annual payroll $1,022,887k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 19013 (454 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (92) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Chester, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Delaware County, which covers 38 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chester. See the Delaware County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Delaware County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Chester, Upper Darby, Havertown and Media among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bryn Mawr marks the far end of that range at $144,471, 250% above Chester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
19013 35,130 $41,261 454 2,372
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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, .