Chester vs Gayle Mill

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

Chester and Gayle 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 1,119 in Gayle Mill). Chester has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $26,800 in Gayle Mill). Since 2019, Gayle Mill's population has grown faster (+32.9% vs -3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Gayle Mill
Population	5,241	1,119
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,231	—
Median home value	$106,400	$26,800
Median gross rent	$905	$710
Housing units	2,601	520
Homeownership rate	54.4%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Gayle Mill
Population	5,408 → 5,241 (-3.1%)	842 → 1,119 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$26,330 → $41,231 (+56.6%)	$42,386 → $74,022 (+74.6%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $106,400 (+58.6%)	$28,100 → $26,800 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $905 (+56.0%)	$671 → $710 (+5.8%)

Chester

Population

5,4085,241

Median household income

$26,330$41,231

Median home value

$67,100$106,400

Median gross rent

$580$905

Gayle Mill

Population

8421,119

Median household income

$42,386$74,022

Median home value

$28,100$26,800

Median gross rent

$671$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Gayle Mill
Under 5	10.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	29.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	4.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.4%
75 and over	6.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Gayle Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	60.7%
Black or African American	64.3%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Gayle Mill
No high school diploma	19.7%	37.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Gayle Mill
Drove alone	81.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	25.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Gayle Mill
1-unit, detached	74.3%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Gayle Mill
Poverty rate	25.0%	32.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1960	1953