ZIP 96020 · Chester
Who lives in ZIP code 96020 (Chester, CA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Chester, CA · Plumas County
uszips 2026
People2,222
Median age63.4
Household income$50,489
Home value$351,919
Median rent$1,130/mo
Poverty12.2%
College degree+29.2%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Pacific
- Density
- 15 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,119
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
47.4% are 65 or older; 89.1% are adults.
Household income
31.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $45,180.
Education (adults 25+)
53.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 53.3%
- Never married
- 12.7%
- Divorced
- 15.2%
- Widowed
- 18.8%
- Family size
- 2.52
- Dual-income families
- 28.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 71.6%
- Rent burden
- 29.9%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 39.6%
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
- Self-employed
- 13.8%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 22.4%
- Veterans
- 8.3%
- With a disability
- 27.0%
- No health insurance
- 0.5%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.