Chapin vs Swansea

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

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

Chapin has the higher population (1,410 vs 700 in Swansea). Chapin has the higher median household income ($77,632 vs $49,271 in Swansea). Chapin has the higher median home value ($200,400 vs $112,500 in Swansea).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Swansea
Population	1,410	700
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,632	$49,271
Median home value	$200,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,400	$983
Housing units	606	375
Homeownership rate	86.7%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Swansea
Population	1,940 → 1,410 (-27.3%)	897 → 700 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$60,139 → $77,632 (+29.1%)	$33,036 → $49,271 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$143,200 → $200,400 (+39.9%)	$97,400 → $112,500 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,400 (+16.5%)	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

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

Swansea

Population

897700

Median household income

$33,036$49,271

Median home value

$97,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$763$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Swansea
Under 5	5.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.3%
75 and over	5.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	33.6%
Black or African American	17.6%	60.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Swansea
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Swansea
Drove alone	83.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Swansea
1-unit, detached	89.3%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Swansea
Poverty rate	5.2%	26.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	2001	1976