Chester County vs Newberry County

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

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

Newberry County has the higher population (38,121 vs 32,177 in Chester County). Newberry County has the higher median household income ($59,670 vs $51,216 in Chester County). Newberry County has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $143,800 in Chester County).

Population, income & housing

	Chester County	Newberry County
Population	32,177	38,121
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,216	$59,670
Median home value	$143,800	$158,200
Median gross rent	$918	$854
Housing units	14,717	18,398
Homeownership rate	77.9%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester County	Newberry County
Population	32,311 → 32,177 (-0.4%)	38,194 → 38,121 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$42,442 → $51,216 (+20.7%)	$44,226 → $59,670 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $143,800 (+50.4%)	$116,300 → $158,200 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $918 (+38.9%)	$765 → $854 (+11.6%)

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

Newberry County

Population

38,19438,121

Median household income

$44,226$59,670

Median home value

$116,300$158,200

Median gross rent

$765$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester County	Newberry County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.9%
75 and over	7.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester County	Newberry County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	59.4%
Black or African American	35.8%	29.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester County	Newberry County
No high school diploma	15.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	39.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester County	Newberry County
Drove alone	83.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.1%
Other means	1.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester County	Newberry County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Chester County	Newberry County
Poverty rate	19.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1978	1981