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Population (year 2000): 871. Estimated
population in July 2005: 811 (-6.9% change)
Males: 398 (45.7%), Females: 473 (54.3%)
Liberty County
Zip code:
59522
Median resident age: 47.2 years
Median household income: $27,578 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,500 (year 2000)
Races in Chester:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.7%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (33.9%), Norwegian (24.0%),
English (12.2%), Irish (8.6%), Swedish (6.1%), Dutch (4.4%).
Elevation: 3132 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Chester
- High school or higher: 81.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 12.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Chester town
- Never married: 18.3%
- Now married: 62.5%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 9.1%
- Divorced: 9.5%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -70 (-7.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Chester:
- LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL (HIGHWAY 223 & MONROE
PO BOX 705)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Chester:
- MISSOURI RIVER MEDICAL CENTER - CAH (about 52 miles;
FORT BENTON, MT)
- MARIAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 56 miles; SHELBY, MT)
- MARIAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 56 miles; SHELBY, MT)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Chester:
- GREAT FALLS INTL (about 77 miles; GREAT FALLS, MT;
ID: GTF)
- HELENA REGIONAL (about 149 miles; HELENA, MT; ID:
HLN)
- GALLATIN FIELD (about 189 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; ID:
BZN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Chester:
- LIBERTY COUNTY (about 2 miles; CHESTER, MT; ID: 4U3)
- TIBER DAM (about 18 miles; TIBER DAM, MT; ID: B70)
- FORT BENTON (about 52 miles; FORT BENTON, MT; ID:
79S)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Chester:
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 199 miles;
BOZEMAN, MT; Full-time enrollment: 10,380)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA-MISSOULA (about 234 miles;
MISSOULA, MT; FT enrollment: 11,112)
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 257 miles;
BILLINGS, MT; FT enrollment: 3,105)
- RICKS COLLEGE (about 330 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT
enrollment: 8,670)
- NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 406 miles; COEUR D'ALENE,
ID; FT enrollment: 2,988)
- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 412 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT
enrollment: 9,823)
- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 415 miles; POCATELLO,
ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
Public high school in Chester:
- CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 83; Location:
SCHOOL AND MAIN; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Chester:
- CHESTER SCHOOL (Students: 105; Location:
SCHOOL AND MAIN; Grades: PK - 06)
- CHESTER 7-8 (Students: 38; Location: SCHOOL
AND MAIN; Grades: 07 - 08)
- RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY (Students: 28; Location:
5694 SOUTH 1154 EAST; Grades: KG - 08)
- SAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY (Students: 18;
Location: 494 SOUTH 1346 EAST; Grades: KG - 08)
Library in Chester:
- LIBERTY COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$68,035; Location: 100 EAST 1ST STREET; 24,860 books;
533 audio materials; 496 video materials; 168 serial
subscriptions)
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