Chester County vs Jasper County

A side-by-side comparison of Chester County and Jasper County: population, income, housing, and more.

Chester County and Jasper County are counties in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chester County has the higher population (32,177 vs 30,658 in Jasper County). Jasper County has the higher median household income ($63,503 vs $51,216 in Chester County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $143,800 in Chester County).

Population, income & housing

	Chester County	Jasper County
Population	32,177	30,658
Median age	42.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,216	$63,503
Median home value	$143,800	$269,400
Median gross rent	$918	$1,307
Housing units	14,717	13,868
Homeownership rate	77.9%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester County	Jasper County
Population	32,311 → 32,177 (-0.4%)	28,657 → 30,658 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$42,442 → $51,216 (+20.7%)	$45,601 → $63,503 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $143,800 (+50.4%)	$166,200 → $269,400 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $918 (+38.9%)	$929 → $1,307 (+40.7%)

Chester County

Population

32,31132,177

Median household income

$42,442$51,216

Median home value

$95,600$143,800

Median gross rent

$661$918

Jasper County

Population

28,65730,658

Median household income

$45,601$63,503

Median home value

$166,200$269,400

Median gross rent

$929$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester County	Jasper County
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	44.9%
Black or African American	35.8%	34.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	15.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester County	Jasper County
Drove alone	83.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Chester County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	19.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1978	2002