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Chester

United States · GDP 2024
#2373 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$524.1M
GDP growth
+4.7%
Jobs tracked
3,224
Employers
254
Avg. wage
$43.6k
Population
17,994
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$59.3k±$11.6k
Business applications
193 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Construction24%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation15%
Health care15%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,994
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $45.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+668
International migration+105
Natural change−159

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$382.4M
2019
$387.5M
2020
$419.3M
2021
$460.5M
2022
$500.6M
2023
$524.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.4k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$756/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
11.7%±2.9%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
12 (0.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
44.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Tornado 72Cold wave 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
170
2016
176
2017
187
2018
191
2019
200
2020
226
2021
285
2022
291
2023
328
2024
368
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.9 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
WTNN
Nearest port
38.8 km
POINT PLEASANT TERMINAL & BARK PROCESSING FACILITY, GARICK, LLC
Nearest commercial airport
33.7 km
JACKSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Carbon$523.7MMiddlesex$523.0MSan Jacinto$522.7MKeith$526.3MLawrence$526.5MMadison$521.5M
The read

Chester's economy produced $524.1M in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.

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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