Chester vs Richburg

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

Chester and Richburg 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 404 in Richburg). Richburg has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $106,400 in Chester). Since 2019, Richburg's population has grown faster (+28.3% vs -3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Richburg
Population	5,241	404
Median age	37.3 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,231	—
Median home value	$106,400	$143,800
Median gross rent	$905	—
Housing units	2,601	184
Homeownership rate	54.4%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Richburg
Population	5,408 → 5,241 (-3.1%)	315 → 404 (+28.3%)
Median household income	$26,330 → $41,231 (+56.6%)	$34,375 → $45,125 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $106,400 (+58.6%)	$108,800 → $143,800 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $905 (+56.0%)	$842 → $730 (-13.3%)

Chester

Population

5,4085,241

Median household income

$26,330$41,231

Median home value

$67,100$106,400

Median gross rent

$580$905

Richburg

Population

315404

Median household income

$34,375$45,125

Median home value

$108,800$143,800

Median gross rent

$842$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Richburg
Under 5	10.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.6%
75 and over	6.1%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Richburg
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	14.6%
Black or African American	64.3%	79.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Richburg
No high school diploma	19.7%	26.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Richburg
Drove alone	81.5%	98.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	1.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Richburg
1-unit, detached	74.3%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Richburg
Poverty rate	25.0%	35.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1960	1981