Chapin vs Pine Ridge

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

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

Pine Ridge has the higher population (2,709 vs 1,410 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($77,632 vs $74,861 in Pine Ridge). Pine Ridge has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $200,400 in Chapin).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
Population	1,410	2,709
Median age	42.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,632	$74,861
Median home value	$200,400	$218,500
Median gross rent	$1,400	$1,204
Housing units	606	1,200
Homeownership rate	86.7%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
Population	1,940 → 1,410 (-27.3%)	2,438 → 2,709 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$60,139 → $77,632 (+29.1%)	$59,825 → $74,861 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$143,200 → $200,400 (+39.9%)	$169,100 → $218,500 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,400 (+16.5%)	$917 → $1,204 (+31.3%)

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

Pine Ridge

Population

2,4382,709

Median household income

$59,825$74,861

Median home value

$169,100$218,500

Median gross rent

$917$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.5%
75 and over	5.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	62.5%
Black or African American	17.6%	23.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.8%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
Drove alone	83.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
1-unit, detached	89.3%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Pine Ridge
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	2001	1993