Chester vs Eureka Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and Eureka Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

Chester and Eureka Mill are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chester has the higher population (5,241 vs 1,732 in Eureka Mill). Chester has the higher median household income ($41,231 vs $35,980 in Eureka Mill). Eureka Mill has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $106,400 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Eureka Mill
Population	5,241	1,732
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,231	$35,980
Median home value	$106,400	$177,100
Median gross rent	$905	$936
Housing units	2,601	754
Homeownership rate	54.4%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Eureka Mill
Population	5,408 → 5,241 (-3.1%)	1,599 → 1,732 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$26,330 → $41,231 (+56.6%)	$42,292 → $35,980 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $106,400 (+58.6%)	$84,300 → $177,100 (+110.1%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $905 (+56.0%)	$636 → $936 (+47.2%)

Chester

Population

5,4085,241

Median household income

$26,330$41,231

Median home value

$67,100$106,400

Median gross rent

$580$905

Eureka Mill

Population

1,5991,732

Median household income

$42,292$35,980

Median home value

$84,300$177,100

Median gross rent

$636$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Eureka Mill
Under 5	10.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	18.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Eureka Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	29.1%
Black or African American	64.3%	66.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Eureka Mill
No high school diploma	19.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Eureka Mill
Drove alone	81.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	18.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Eureka Mill
1-unit, detached	74.3%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Eureka Mill
Poverty rate	25.0%	40.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1960	1978