Chester vs Great Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and Great Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Chester and Great Falls 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 1,741 in Great Falls). Chester has the higher median household income ($41,231 vs $30,475 in Great Falls). Chester has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $59,400 in Great Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Great Falls
Population	5,241	1,741
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,231	$30,475
Median home value	$106,400	$59,400
Median gross rent	$905	$822
Housing units	2,601	885
Homeownership rate	54.4%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Great Falls
Population	5,408 → 5,241 (-3.1%)	2,042 → 1,741 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$26,330 → $41,231 (+56.6%)	$41,852 → $30,475 (-27.2%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $106,400 (+58.6%)	$55,000 → $59,400 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $905 (+56.0%)	$664 → $822 (+23.8%)

Chester

Population

5,4085,241

Median household income

$26,330$41,231

Median home value

$67,100$106,400

Median gross rent

$580$905

Great Falls

Population

2,0421,741

Median household income

$41,852$30,475

Median home value

$55,000$59,400

Median gross rent

$664$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Great Falls
Under 5	10.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Great Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	54.5%
Black or African American	64.3%	35.0%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Great Falls
No high school diploma	19.7%	15.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Great Falls
Drove alone	81.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	8.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Great Falls
1-unit, detached	74.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Great Falls
Poverty rate	25.0%	33.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1960	1959