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CHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS QUICK STATSCounty: Hampden
Incorporated: 1765
Elevation: 601 feet
Land Area: 36.7 square miles
Population Density: 35 people per square mile
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (97.8%), Hispanic (1.3%), American Indian (0.9%), Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries (City): French (17.0%), English (16.1%), Irish (13.8%), Polish (11.9%), Italian (11.7%), German (10.7%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Chicopee, MA (19.4 miles , pop. 54,653)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (94.8 miles , pop. 589,141)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (109.8 miles , pop. 1,332,650)
Nearest cities: Huntington, MA (2.0 miles ), Middlefield, MA (2.5 miles ), Blandford, MA (2.6 miles ), Becket, MA (2.7 miles ), Montgomery, MA (2.8 miles ), Russell, MA (3.0 miles ), Worthington, MA (3.0 miles ), Otis, MA (3.0 miles )
Chester Compared to State Average: Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Hispanic race population percentage below state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average. Renting percentage significantly below state average.
CHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 87.00%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 17.40%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.10%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Chester:
WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE about 9 miles, WESTFIELD, MA, Full-time enrollment: 4,058 SMITH COLLEGE about 16 miles, NORTHAMPTON, MA, FT enrollment: 3,053 HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 17 miles, HOLYOKE, MA, FT enrollment: 3,747 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-AMHERST about 17 miles, AMHERST, MA, FT enrollment: 21,468 MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE about 19 miles, SOUTH HADLEY, MA, FT enrollment: 2,029 SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 23 miles, SPRINGFIELD, MA, FT enrollment: 4,026 SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE about 23 miles, SPRINGFIELD, MA, FT enrollment: 4,176
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