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Chester

United States · GDP 2024
#100 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$60.2B
GDP growth
+5.0%
Jobs tracked
262,454
Employers
15,102
Avg. wage
$85.3k
Population
557,116
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$127.2k±$2.5k
Business applications
6,896 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1AMETEK, Inc.Industrials$7.4B83B+2West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.Healthcare$3.1B86A3Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.Technology$3.1B71B4Bentley Systems, IncorporatedTechnology$1.5B67B5CubeSmartReal Estate$1.1B61C6Ecovyst Inc.Basic Materials$723.5M60C7Vishay Precision Group, Inc.Technology$307.2M73B8Frontage Holdings CorporationHealthcare$257.1M72B9Neuronetics, Inc.Healthcare$149.2M59C10Omega Flex, Inc.Industrials$98.3M74B11Innovative Aerosystems, Inc.Industrials$84.3M72B12TELA Bio, Inc.Healthcare$80.3M47D13First Resource Bancorp Inc.Financial Services$44.3M53D14Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.Healthcare$35.6M51D15Nutrition Management Services CompanyHealthcare$20.0M——16Meridian CorporationFinancial Services$6.3M49D17ESG Inc.Consumer Defensive$6.1M34D18Ocugen, Inc.Healthcare$4.4M44D19Baudax Bio, Inc.Healthcare$1.3M——20Trevena, Inc.Healthcare$567.0k——21Fuquan Capital Management, Inc.Industrials$90.0k——22Good Gaming, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$43314D23TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals CorporationHealthcare$0——24Annovis Bio, Inc.Healthcare$035D25Galera Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care25%
Finance & insurance20%
Retail trade17%
Professional services17%
Food & accommodation11%
Management10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
557,116
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $110.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,397
International migration+8,408
Natural change+5,608

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$47.5B
2019
$46.6B
2020
$49.8B
2021
$53.8B
2022
$57.3B
2023
$60.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$485.6k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
3.6%±0.4%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
1,400 (2.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
91.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 99Winter weather 98Heat wave 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
584
2016
603
2017
627
2018
646
2019
665
2020
725
2021
823
2022
907
2023
964
2024
1009
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.2 km
I-76
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
AMTK
Nearest port
32.5 km
Wilmington, DE
Nearest commercial airport
34.9 km
NEW CASTLE
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

88 filings from 18 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KAnnovis Bio, Inc.07-10
8-KGalera Therapeutics, Inc.07-07
8-KVishay Intertechnology, Inc.07-01
8-KEcovyst Inc.06-30
8-KCubeSmart06-24
8-KNeuronetics, Inc.06-23
8-KAnnovis Bio, Inc.06-17
8-KOmega Flex, Inc.06-15
8-KAMETEK, Inc.06-12
8-KOcugen, Inc.06-11
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$85.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Kent$60.3BEssex$60.7BWorcester$60.9BDeKalb$59.3BTulsa$59.3BSnohomish$62.0B
The read

Chester's economy produced $60.2B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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