Overall, Chester’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small city, Chester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Chester have a very low rate of college education: just 7.80% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Chester in 2022 was $22,129, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,516 for a family of four. However, Chester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chester is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chester residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chester include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Chester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
