In Chester County, jobs in the unclassified pay the highest wages

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Employment in the unclassified industry reported the top wages in Chester County for 2006. The average industry job in Chester County was paid an annual wage of $76,623 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Tennessee of $41,738 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $35,742.

High-wage employment in Chester County, Tennessee may be found in health and personal care stores ($47,628), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($38,408), other fabricated metal product manufacturing ($36,974) and automobile dealers ($35,448) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Chester County Wages have increased by 25.6% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Chester County, Tennessee by a total of 25.6%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Tennessee and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Chester County Industry Wages Lag Behind Tennessee, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Chester County, Tennessee can be understood as being medium-low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 25.6 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $36,146. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Chester County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 14 4-digit NAICS industries, 9 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 5 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Chester County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 294 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Chester County

Given the industries in the area, the General freight trucking industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 316 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the General freight trucking industry make up 80.3 percent of the total employment decline in Chester County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (316 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (20 jobs lost)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (13 jobs lost)
4. Building finishing contractors (11 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (10 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Chester County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 103 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 71.0 percent of the growth in Chester County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (103 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (22 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (8 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (7 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (6 new jobs)

Chester County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 161.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Chester County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Tennessee, where it saw a gain of 24.3 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Chester County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 13.9 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (161.8 percent gain)
2. Offices of physicians (144.4 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (47.9 percent gain)
4. Health and personal care stores (17.5 percent gain)
5. Grocery stores (7.1 percent gain)

Chester County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 95.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Tennessee, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.3 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Chester County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.2 in percent of workers in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (95.8 percent decline)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (53.5 percent decline)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (43.3 percent decline)
4. Building finishing contractors (26 percent decline)
5. Other general merchandise stores (25.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 9.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Tennessee, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Chester County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Chester County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 8 jobs. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 33.3 percent of the total employment decline in Chester County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (8 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (5 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (3 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (3 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (3 jobs lost)

From the 18 4-digit NAICS industries, 7 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 10 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Chester County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 134 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Chester County

The Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 24 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 45.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Chester County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (24 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (10 new jobs)
3. Utility system construction (5 new jobs)
4. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (4 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (3 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has increased by 5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Tennessee, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Chester County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 27 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Tennessee, where the it saw a loss of 0.8 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Chester County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (27 percent decline)
2. Building finishing contractors (9.9 percent decline)
3. Building equipment contractors (8.6 percent decline)
4. Automobile dealers (5.6 percent decline)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3.4 percent decline)

Chester County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 48.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Chester County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Tennessee, where the industry felt a gain of 4 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Chester County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 2.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (48.6 percent gain)
2. Offices of physicians (39.2 percent gain)
3. Utility system construction (25.5 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (16.7 percent gain)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (16.0 percent gain)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Chester County, Tennessee

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Chester County had a medium-high median income for households of $40,188 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 5.9 percent lower than the median income in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and this is 22.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

In Chester County, Tennessee White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $41,659 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.7 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 23.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $30,713. Hispanic households in Chester County, Tennessee , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $71,663, this median is 78.3 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Chester County, Tennessee can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 14.4 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 100 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Chester County, reporting 21.6 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Chester County, Tennessee, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 34.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Chester have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 12.2 percent (Men) versus 10.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 34 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Chester County, Tennessee as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 11.6 percent of the White Alone, 7 percent of Black or African American, 85.8 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Chester County, Tennessee has a less-educated population, with 11.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Chester counted a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Tennessee's proportion of 19.6 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Chester internationally. The migration from outside the US into Chester totals 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of Tennessee. This percent of immigration can be considered low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Chester County, Tennessee to be 35.5 years old. The median in Chester is less than the median age in the State of Tennessee of 37.3. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 34.1 years old. With a total of 22.2 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Chester can be understood as having a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 63.7 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 14 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Chester County, Tennessee had a population of 15,941 in 2005. The total population has increased, since its 2000 population of 15,547. This growth denotes an increase of 2.5 percent. Chester ranks 62 of 95 counties in terms of population growth in Tennessee and the county ranks 1,467 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Chester County, Tennessee has a population base that is comprised of 88.2 percent White, 9.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 1.6 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 11.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 20.9. Since 2000, Chester has decreased the percent of minority makeup when 11.4 percent of the population were minorities.

In terms of total land area, Chester spans a total of 289 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low density of 55 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Douglas, MN (55 per sq. mile ), Union, SC (56 per sq. mile ), DeSoto, FL (56 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Henry, KY (55 per sq. mile ), Clarendon, SC (55 per sq. mile ), Benzie, MI (55 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

In Chester County, the real estate market was made up of 6,569 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 242 housing units since the year 2001, or 3.8 percent.

The State of Tennessee, Chester County places 39 of 95 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,116 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Chester County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $78,900, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the Tennessee 2000 home median value of $93,000 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Chester County, Tennessee -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Real estate and rental and leasing in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Chester County, growing by 204.5 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.3 percent. The State of Tennessee encountered a change in industry employment of 4.2 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Chester County, Transportation and Warehousing, Manufacturing and Real estate and rental and leasing industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Transportation and Warehousing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.73. The percent of employment in the Transportation and Warehousing sector is 2.73 times greater than the national average, signifying that Chester County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Transportation and Warehousing.

In Chester County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Transportation and Warehousing industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 20.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 562 individuals. The Retail Trade and Transportation and Warehousing sectors account for 16 and 10.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Transportation and Warehousing has the largest employers in Chester County. The industry averages 39 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 19 and greater than the Tennessee typical size of 34 for the Transportation and Warehousing industry.

Chester County ranks 73 of 96 Counties in the State of Tennessee by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 71 of 96 Counties.

The Construction industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Chester County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 5.2 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.





Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).