Chesnee vs Drayton

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

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

Drayton has the higher population (1,043 vs 804 in Chesnee). Drayton has the higher median household income ($51,650 vs $39,375 in Chesnee). Chesnee has the higher median home value ($109,800 vs $82,500 in Drayton).

Population, income & housing

	Chesnee	Drayton
Population	804	1,043
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$51,650
Median home value	$109,800	$82,500
Median gross rent	$839	$1,331
Housing units	392	620
Homeownership rate	53.7%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesnee	Drayton
Population	686 → 804 (+17.2%)	1,097 → 1,043 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$22,273 → $39,375 (+76.8%)	$36,923 → $51,650 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $109,800 (+22.4%)	$75,500 → $82,500 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $839 (+24.5%)	$985 → $1,331 (+35.1%)

Chesnee

Population

686804

Median household income

$22,273$39,375

Median home value

$89,700$109,800

Median gross rent

$674$839

Drayton

Population

1,0971,043

Median household income

$36,923$51,650

Median home value

$75,500$82,500

Median gross rent

$985$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesnee	Drayton
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	2.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	14.4%
25 to 34	18.8%	22.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	19.5%	22.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.2%
75 and over	5.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesnee	Drayton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	64.1%
Black or African American	11.3%	30.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
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%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesnee	Drayton
No high school diploma	23.1%	36.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesnee	Drayton
Drove alone	71.4%	90.3%
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%	7.4%
Other means	4.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesnee	Drayton
1-unit, detached	69.1%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.6%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Chesnee	Drayton
Poverty rate	31.8%	37.4%
Average household size	2.44	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1963	1968