City profile · Small City
Chester, Pennsylvania
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Chester, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Stefan Roots
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 36,854
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcechestercity.com/city-officials/city-council/mayor-stefan-roots ↗
- Official leadership pagechestercity.com/city-officials/city-council/mayor-stefan-roots ↗
- City websitechestercity.com ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Stefan Roots CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 36,854
- Median household income
- $39,193
- Median age
- 32.7
- Land area
- 4.83 sq mi
- Population density
- 7,630.2 per sq mi
- County
- Delaware County
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$129M
- City hall phone
- (610) 447-7718
- Official website
- chestercity.com ↗
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