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Chester County, SC

32,177 Population
580.7 square miles 55.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,656 ±$1,509 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$51,216 ±$2,995 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.3% ±2.7% (6,177  ±864) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

31.8 minutes ±1.8 (403,710  ±30,497) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,926 ±278 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (31,997  ±6) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.3% ±3.2% (518  ±225) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,717 ±24 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$143,800 ±$14,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.8% ±2.2% (3,119  ±703) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.4% ±3.7% (19,017  ±842.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13.7% ±1.8% (3,097  ±394.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.9% (301  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.6% ±1.1% (2,147  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,147 Total veterans ±268 1,943 Male ±251 204 Female ±94

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