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Chester, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chester, VA: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 44,523. 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-VA · Chester, VA 2 ZIPs · 44,523 pop · #4705/25278 · Chesterfield County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $98,336
  • RANK-TOP #4705/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Richmond
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-SMALL 44,523
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 23831→23836
  • HOME-MID $346,550

Nearest income peer: Richmond, VA ( $10,134 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, VA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 19%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
44,523
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$98,336
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 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $98,336 and home value $346,550 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 37.5%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Chester as a pure owner town.

Within Virginia, Nellysford is the closest lower-income city and Aylett the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chester.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Chester differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Chester: $95,750 in ZIP 23831 to $100,921 in 23836. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.1×

23831 to 23836

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.1×

23831 to 23836

Poverty-rate spread
2.2 points

23836 to 23831

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

ZIP 23831 swallows Chester's short list

Across only 2 ZIPs, 23831 still holds about 74% of Chester's 44,523 residents. The secondary codes are thin edges; treat the city average as a near-reprint of the lead ZIP.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Chester

Citywide ZBP: 1,104 establishments, 24,516 employees , annual payroll $1,514,256k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 23831 (738 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (139) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Chester, VA

These ZIP codes sit in Chesterfield County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Chester. See the Chesterfield County roll-up →

Chester sits in the lower half of Chesterfield County on income: Midlothian, Chesterfield and Moseley report more, and only Richmond reports less. Moseley marks the far end of that range at $158,667, 61% above Chester.

Side-by-side: Compare 23831 vs 23836 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
23831 33,079 $95,750 738 530
23836 11,444 $100,921 366 174
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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, .