Chapin vs Gaston

A side-by-side comparison of Chapin and Gaston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gaston has the higher population (2,026 vs 1,410 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($77,632 vs $59,500 in Gaston). Chapin has the higher median home value ($200,400 vs $117,900 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Gaston
Population	1,410	2,026
Median age	42.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,632	$59,500
Median home value	$200,400	$117,900
Median gross rent	$1,400	$920
Housing units	606	913
Homeownership rate	86.7%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Gaston
Population	1,940 → 1,410 (-27.3%)	1,824 → 2,026 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$60,139 → $77,632 (+29.1%)	$42,069 → $59,500 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$143,200 → $200,400 (+39.9%)	$82,600 → $117,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,400 (+16.5%)	$849 → $920 (+8.4%)

Chapin

Population

1,9401,410

Median household income

$60,139$77,632

Median home value

$143,200$200,400

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,400

Gaston

Population

1,8242,026

Median household income

$42,069$59,500

Median home value

$82,600$117,900

Median gross rent

$849$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Gaston
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.6%
75 and over	5.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Gaston
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	63.6%
Black or African American	17.6%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Gaston
No high school diploma	7.0%	14.2%
High school graduate	25.8%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Gaston
Drove alone	83.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Gaston
1-unit, detached	89.3%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	53.6%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Gaston
Poverty rate	5.2%	24.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	2001	1989