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Census Tract 203, Chester, SC

3,396 Population
3.6 square miles 930.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester: 38.8 † ±7.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Chester County: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$22,779 ±$4,670 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chester: $22,647 † ±$3,221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester County: $28,227 ±$1,617
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$36,161 ±$8,293 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester: $46,138 † ±$6,703
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chester County: $52,458 ±$3,357
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

35.2% ±12.5% (1,178  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Chester: 19.4% † 1,001 (±7.1% / ±365)
  • nearly double the rate in Chester County: 18.7% † 5,983 (±2.6% / ±842)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

30.2 minutes ±6.2 (39,995  ±11,114) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Chester: 28.4 † 59,555 (±3.3 / ±11,056)
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 31.6 419,715 (±1.7 / ±30,376)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

1,418 ±155 Number of households
  • Chester: 2,115 † ±251
  • Chester County: 13,159 ±265
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.3 ±0.3 (3,297  ±570) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chester: 2.5 † 5,172 (±0.3 / ±43)
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 2.4 32,003 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

12.3% ±10.9% (86  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester: 16.3% † 188 (±13.9% / ±164)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 8.2% † 572 (±3.1% / ±218)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

1,621 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Chester: 2,462 † ±295
  • Chester County: 14,807 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$120,600 ±$23,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Chester: $123,000 † ±$34,447
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chester County: $158,300 ±$10,602
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

5.3% ±3.5% (177  ±118.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chester: 12.4% † 628 (±7.4% / ±374.4)
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 9.9% † 3,141 (±2.4% / ±747.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

87% ±4.8% (2,137  ±316.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester: 81.9% † 2,854 (±8.4% / ±385.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 85.3% 19,174 (±3.8% / ±867.6)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
13.8% ±5.3% (340  ±138.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chester: 14% † 489 (±4.2% / ±153.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 14% † 3,145 (±1.7% / ±375.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.6% ±3.7% (212  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chester: 9% † 352 (±3.7% / ±147)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 8.4% † 2,081 (±1.1% / ±263)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
212 Total veterans ±106 178 Male ±92 34 Female ±45

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