Cheraw vs Chesterfield

A side-by-side comparison of Cheraw and Chesterfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cheraw has the higher population (5,024 vs 1,497 in Chesterfield). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($48,167 vs $27,275 in Cheraw). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($161,000 vs $113,400 in Cheraw).

Population, income & housing

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
Population	5,024	1,497
Median age	45.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$27,275	$48,167
Median home value	$113,400	$161,000
Median gross rent	$806	$775
Housing units	2,516	703
Homeownership rate	44.8%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
Population	5,657 → 5,024 (-11.2%)	1,549 → 1,497 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$33,200 → $27,275 (-17.8%)	$55,815 → $48,167 (-13.7%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $113,400 (+3.5%)	$113,700 → $161,000 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $806 (+20.7%)	$679 → $775 (+14.1%)

Cheraw

Population

5,6575,024

Median household income

$33,200$27,275

Median home value

$109,600$113,400

Median gross rent

$668$806

Chesterfield

Population

1,5491,497

Median household income

$55,815$48,167

Median home value

$113,700$161,000

Median gross rent

$679$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
Under 5	5.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.8%
75 and over	8.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	58.6%
Black or African American	53.4%	33.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
No high school diploma	16.8%	23.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
Drove alone	80.0%	86.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.6%
Other means	10.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
1-unit, detached	63.4%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cheraw	Chesterfield
Poverty rate	35.4%	23.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1968	1964