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Population (year 2000): 36,854. Estimated
population in July 2005: 37,058 (+0.6% change)
Males: 17,362 (47.1%), Females: 19,492 (52.9%)
Delaware County
Zip codes:
19013.
Median resident age: 30.6 years
Median household income: $25,703 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,100 (year 2000)
Races in Chester:
- Black (75.7%)
- White Non-Hispanic (17.9%)
- Hispanic (5.4%)
- Other race (3.0%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (5.2%), Italian (3.0%), German
(2.8%), Subsaharan African (2.8%), Polish (1.4%), United States
(1.3%).
Elevation: 20 feet
Land area: 4.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Chester
- High school or higher: 68.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 16.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Chester city
- Never married: 45.2%
- Now married: 31.1%
- Separated: 5.3%
- Widowed: 9.8%
- Divorced: 8.6%
2.5% Foreign born (0.8% Latin America, 0.7%
Asia, 0.5% Africa, 0.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -5,126 (-12.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Chester:
- CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER (ONE MEDICAL
CENTER BOULEVARD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Chester:
- RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; MEDIA, PA)
- DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
DREXEL HILL, PA)
- KINDRED HOSPITAL - DELAWARE COUNTY (about 9 miles;
DARBY, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Chester:
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 10 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 21 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 49 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Chester:
- PHILADELPHIA (about 7 miles; ESSINGTON, PA; ID: 9N2)
- SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 8 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ;
ID: 7N7)
- BRANDYWINE (about 17 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; ID:
N99)
Amtrak stations near Chester:
- 13 miles: ARDMORE (STATION RD. & LANCASTER AVE.).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
- 15 miles: WILMINGTON (M. L. KING BLVD, & FRENCH
ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term
parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi
stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
- 16 miles: PHILADELPHIA (30TH & MARKET STS.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public
transit connection.
College/University in Chester:
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (Full-time
enrollment: 3,646; Location: ONE UNIVERSITY PL; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.widener.edu; Offers
Doctor's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Chester:
- DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 6 miles;
MEDIA, PA; Full-time enrollment: 5,248)
- VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; VILLANOVA, PA;
FT enrollment: 8,547)
- SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,115)
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 15 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 19,324)
- DREXEL UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
FT enrollment: 10,823)
- EASTERN COLLEGE (about 15 miles; ST DAVIDS, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,456)
- ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA (about 16 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,138)
Public high school in Chester:
- CHESTER HS (Students: 1,526; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Chester:
- CHESTER COMMUNITY CS (Students: 1,016;
Grades: KG - 06)
- COLUMBUS EL SCH (Students: 836; Grades: KG -
05)
- SHOWALTER MS (Students: 505; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SMEDLEY MS (Students: 440; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CHESTER CS (Students: 424; Grades: KG - 09)
- PARRY MS (Students: 349; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WILLIAM PENN EL SCH (Students: 300; Grades:
KG - 04)
- STETSER EL SCH (Students: 232; Grades: KG -
05)
Private primary/middle schools in Chester:
- BLESSED KATHARINE DREXEL (Students: 338;
Location: 1901 POTTER STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS CHR SCHOOL (Students: 106;
Location: 700 CENTRAL AVE; Grades: PK - 5)
- EAGLES NEST ACADEMY (Students: 46; Location:
3016 24 W 3RD ST; Grades: PK - 8)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY CLD DEV CTR (Students: 36;
Location: ONE UNIVERSITY PLACE; Grades: PK - KG)
- FAITH TEMPLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 24;
Location: 2512 W SECOND ST; Grades: 1 - 7)
- THOMAS M THOMAS ELC SCHOOL (Students: 20;
Location: 1408 W THIRD STREET; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Chester:
- J LEWIS CROZER LIBRARY (Operating income:
$328,333; Location: 620 ENGLE ST; 44,570 books; 245
audio materials; 3,360 video materials; 121 serial
subscriptions)
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