Chesterfield vs Jefferson

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

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

Chesterfield has the higher population (1,497 vs 753 in Jefferson). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($48,167 vs $35,227 in Jefferson). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($161,000 vs $125,700 in Jefferson).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
Population	1,497	753
Median age	43.0 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,167	$35,227
Median home value	$161,000	$125,700
Median gross rent	$775	$295
Housing units	703	374
Homeownership rate	62.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
Population	1,549 → 1,497 (-3.4%)	950 → 753 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$55,815 → $48,167 (-13.7%)	$40,417 → $35,227 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $161,000 (+41.6%)	$85,900 → $125,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $775 (+14.1%)	$427 → $295 (-30.9%)

Chesterfield

Population

1,5491,497

Median household income

$55,815$48,167

Median home value

$113,700$161,000

Median gross rent

$679$775

Jefferson

Population

950753

Median household income

$40,417$35,227

Median home value

$85,900$125,700

Median gross rent

$427$295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
Under 5	2.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	21.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	4.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.4%
75 and over	12.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	63.6%
Black or African American	33.7%	32.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
No high school diploma	23.2%	19.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
Drove alone	86.8%	80.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	79.9%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Jefferson
Poverty rate	23.4%	21.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1964	1975