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CHESTER, NEW JERSEY QUICK STATSCounty: Morris
Incorporated: 1930
Elevation: 846 feet
Land Area: 1.54 square miles
Population Density: 1091 people per square mile
Population change since 2000: 2.60%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (90.3%), Hispanic (6.9%), Other race (2.0%), Black (0.8%), Two or more races (0.8%), Asian Indian (0.7%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): Italian (21.7%), Irish (18.5%), German (17.8%), English (11.3%), United States (5.1%), Polish (5.1%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Union, NJ (23.0 miles , pop. 54,405)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Newark, NJ (26.8 miles , pop. 273,546)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Manhattan, NY (37.7 miles , pop. 1,537,195)
Nearest cities: Long Valley, NJ (2.1 miles ), Mendham borough, NJ (2.2 miles ), Peapack and Gladstone borough, NJ (2.2 miles ), Succasunna-Kenvil, NJ (2.4 miles ), Budd Lake, NJ (2.5 miles ), Far Hills borough, NJ (2.7 miles ), Bernardsville borough, NJ (2.8 miles ), Netcong borough, NJ (2.8 miles )
Chester Compared to State Average: Median household income significantly above state average. Median house value significantly above state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average. Renting percentage below state average. Number of rooms per house above state average. Number of college students below state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.
CHESTER, NEW JERSEY EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 90.20%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 48.30%
Graduate or professional degree: 19.90%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Chester:
COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS about 7 miles, RANDOLPH, NJ, Full-time enrollment: 5,202 DREW UNIVERSITY about 15 miles, MADISON, NJ, FT enrollment: 2,133 RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 16 miles, SOMERVILLE, NJ, FT enrollment: 3,283 UNION COUNTY COLLEGE about 23 miles, CRANFORD, NJ, FT enrollment: 5,856 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY about 23 miles, SOUTH ORANGE, NJ, FT enrollment: 7,509 KEAN UNIVERSITY about 24 miles, UNION, NJ, FT enrollment: 8,627 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK about 25 miles, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, FT enrollment: 30,649
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