What is the median home value in Chester Center, CT?

Name: Home values in Chester Center, CT, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Chester Center, CT is $422,500 (±$47,902), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Chester Center, the median home value went from $355,700 in 2015–2019 to $422,500 in 2020–2024 (+18.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $422,500 (±$47,902)
Owner-occupied homes: 599 (±128)
Most common range: $300,000 to $499,999

Home values in Chester Center

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Chester Center	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Less than $50,000	1.7% (±2.6 points)	2.0%	2.4%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.0% (±6.8 points)	1.5%	1.5%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±6.8 points)	1.9%	3.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	3.7% (±4.0 points)	5.7%	6.9%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	9.2% (±6.8 points)	19.7%	21.5%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	57.6% (±13.3 points)	44.2%	36.8%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	27.9% (±11.8 points)	21.5%	20.8%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±6.8 points)	3.5%	6.8%	7.1%

The most common range is $300,000 to $499,999, 57.6% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Chester Center against Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Chester Center	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Median home value	$422,500 (±$47,902)	$379,700 (±$6,838)	$366,900 (±$1,621)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	599 (±128)	56,136 (±1,061)	952,989 (±5,585)	84,210,142

In Chester Center, the median home value is not measurably different from Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region ($379,700).

It is also higher than in Connecticut ($366,900).

It is higher than the national figure ($332,700).

In Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Chester Center ranks 5 of 13 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 54 of 131.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Chester Center have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$355,700 (±$29,455)	$422,500 (±$47,902)	+18.8%	No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$2,319 (±$194)	$2,392 (±$143)	+3.1%	Down after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$5,748 (±$507)	$5,867 (±$598)	+2.1%	Down after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Chester Center

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Chester Center
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Chester Center	—	$422,500 (±$47,902)	—
Deep River Center	1.9 mi	$334,600 (±$35,700)	Lower
Deep River	2.7 mi	$362,200 (±$26,206)	Lower
Essex	4.3 mi	$552,000 (±$53,323)	Higher
Essex Village	4.6 mi	$751,900 (±$93,980)	Higher
East Haddam	6.1 mi	$352,700 (±$24,242)	Lower
Lyme	6.5 mi	$629,900 (±$104,959)	Higher
Killingworth	6.6 mi	$446,200 (±$55,937)	Not measurably different
Moodus	6.9 mi	$285,700 (±$21,505)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Deep River Center, CT ($334,600), Deep River, CT ($362,200), East Haddam, CT ($352,700).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Essex, CT ($552,000), Essex Village, CT ($751,900), Lyme, CT ($629,900).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1	Essex Village	$751,900 (±$93,980)
2	Saybrook Manor	$586,000 (±$91,754)
3	Old Saybrook Center	$466,100 (±$70,351)
4	Westbrook Center	$434,500 (±$47,005)
5	Chester Center	$422,500 (±$47,902)
6	Durham (community)	$401,700 (±$31,675)
7	Clinton (community)	$365,500 (±$28,888)
8	East Hampton (community)	$345,800 (±$27,461)
9	Deep River Center	$334,600 (±$35,700)
10	Higganum	$331,300 (±$52,476)
11	Lake Pocotopaug	$310,300 (±$30,055)

Showing 11 of 13 places in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, ranked from highest to lowest.

Chester Center is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Chester, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Chester Center

What is the average home value in Chester Center, CT?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $422,500 (±$47,902) for owner-occupied homes in Chester Center (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Chester Center gone up?

In Chester Center, the median home value went from $355,700 in 2015–2019 to $422,500 in 2020–2024 (+18.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Chester Center sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Chester Center CDP, Connecticut (place:14370, in state:09).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.