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Chesterfield, SC

1,497 Population
4.1 square miles 367 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±10.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chesterfield County: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,798 ±$5,998 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chesterfield County: $28,363 ±$2,085
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$48,167 ±$7,970 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chesterfield County: $47,620 ±$3,186
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

23.4% ±8.5% (330  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chesterfield County: 20.2% † 8,685 (±2.8% / ±1,200)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

22.5 minutes ±2 (11,740  ±3,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chesterfield County: 24.7 430,485 (±1.2 / ±27,121)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

588 ±109 Number of households
  • Chesterfield County: 17,381 ±431
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0.2 (1,387  ±288) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chesterfield County: 2.5 42,686 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

2.9% ±5.3% (7  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Chesterfield County: 8% † 735 (±2.1% / ±192)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

703 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Chesterfield County: 20,655 ±41
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$161,000 ±$35,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Chesterfield County: $101,400 ±$7,558
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

13% ±5.7% (193  ±92.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chesterfield County: 8.8% † 3,800 (±1.5% / ±659.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

76.8% ±19.2% (800  ±134.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chesterfield County: 82% 25,044 (±3.4% / ±1,032.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
19.6% ±4.8% (204  ±62.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chesterfield County: 13.2% 4,033 (±1.3% / ±400.2)
  • about three-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% ±0.4% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Chesterfield County: 2.7% 1,167
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.2% ±3.3% (69  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chesterfield County: 7.1% † 2,410 (±1% / ±321)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
69 Total veterans ±39 64 Male ±35 5 Female ±11

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