Home values, rents and more in Chester, NY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Chester compares
The typical home in Chester, NY is worth about $538,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Chester are 11% above the typical value in the Kiryas Joel metro area ($484,000) and 47% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Chester rose 3.2%, compared with +4.5% in the Kiryas Joel metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $100,514, against $98,233 in the Kiryas Joel metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 4,033 people live in Chester (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Chester has the 10th-highest typical home value of the 34 cities in the Kiryas Joel metro area and the 258th-highest of 728 in New York with Zillow figures.
Part of: Orange County, NY · Kiryas Joel metro area · New York
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.