Chesnee vs Clifton

A side-by-side comparison of Chesnee and Clifton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clifton has the higher population (861 vs 804 in Chesnee). Clifton has the higher median household income ($48,357 vs $39,375 in Chesnee). Clifton has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $109,800 in Chesnee).

Population, income & housing

	Chesnee	Clifton
Population	804	861
Median age	43.3 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$48,357
Median home value	$109,800	$115,000
Median gross rent	$839	—
Housing units	392	269
Homeownership rate	53.7%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesnee	Clifton
Population	686 → 804 (+17.2%)	521 → 861 (+65.3%)
Median household income	$22,273 → $39,375 (+76.8%)	$26,813 → $48,357 (+80.3%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $109,800 (+22.4%)	$107,200 → $115,000 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $839 (+24.5%)	$1,063 → $1,104 (+3.9%)

Chesnee

Population

686804

Median household income

$22,273$39,375

Median home value

$89,700$109,800

Median gross rent

$674$839

Clifton

Population

521861

Median household income

$26,813$48,357

Median home value

$107,200$115,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesnee	Clifton
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	43.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	19.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	17.2%
45 to 54	19.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	1.0%
75 and over	5.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesnee	Clifton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	11.3%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesnee	Clifton
No high school diploma	23.1%	47.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesnee	Clifton
Drove alone	71.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	16.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	4.9%	14.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesnee	Clifton
1-unit, detached	69.1%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Chesnee	Clifton
Poverty rate	31.8%	45.8%
Average household size	2.44	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1963	1938