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Chester, SC

5,241 Population
3.3 square miles 1,585.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±7.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,708 ±$2,676 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$41,231 ±$10,058 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

25% ±7.5% (1,298  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

31.8 minutes ±6.4 (58,260  ±15,271) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,262 ±280 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.3 (5,185  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

20.4% ±14.9% (221  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

2,601 ±299 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$106,400 ±$24,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

11.9% ±7.4% (601  ±373.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

80.3% ±8.2% (2,909  ±384.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
13.1% ±4.3% (474  ±159.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.6% (22  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

8% ±3.1% (317  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
317 Total veterans ±123 247 Male ±104 70 Female ±50

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