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Chester

United States · GDP 2024
#1360 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
GDP growth
+10.2%
Jobs tracked
8,824
Employers
560
Avg. wage
$55.8k
Population
33,001
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$52.5k±$3.4k
Business applications
478 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction11%
Health care8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,001
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $48.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,374
International migration+84
Natural change−759

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.2B
2020
$1.3B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.7B
2023
$1.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.3k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±1.7%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
310 (9.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
43.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 82Lightning 76Tornado 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
158
2016
169
2017
182
2018
193
2019
201
2020
236
2021
272
2022
325
2023
326
2024
336
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$55.8k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Carroll$1.8BRockbridge$1.8BCoos$1.8BCumberland$1.8BHumboldt$1.8BMonroe$1.8B
The read

Chester's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 10.2% year over year — faster than 91% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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