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Chester, SC Urban Area

9,141 Population
6.3 square miles 1,449.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,120 ±$2,595 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,610 ±$5,934 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.9% ±7.6% (2,355  ±707) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±3.1 (115,405  ±17,571) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,897 ±312 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (9,086  ±634) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±8% (199  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,464 ±348 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,400 ±$14,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±4.6% (926  ±414) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.7% ±4.4% (5,273  ±505.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.4% ±3.1% (720  ±200.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (56  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2% (506  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
506 Total veterans ±150 442 Male ±137 64 Female ±53

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