Chesterfield County vs Clarendon County

A side-by-side comparison of Chesterfield County and Clarendon County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesterfield County has the higher population (43,575 vs 31,037 in Clarendon County). Clarendon County has the higher median household income ($48,887 vs $47,620 in Chesterfield County). Clarendon County has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $101,400 in Chesterfield County).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
Population	43,575	31,037
Median age	42.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,620	$48,887
Median home value	$101,400	$147,300
Median gross rent	$776	$728
Housing units	20,655	16,009
Homeownership rate	72.4%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
Population	45,953 → 43,575 (-5.2%)	33,957 → 31,037 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$41,505 → $47,620 (+14.7%)	$40,900 → $48,887 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $101,400 (+24.4%)	$102,000 → $147,300 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $776 (+15.8%)	$606 → $728 (+20.1%)

Chesterfield County

Population

45,95343,575

Median household income

$41,505$47,620

Median home value

$81,500$101,400

Median gross rent

$670$776

Clarendon County

Population

33,95731,037

Median household income

$40,900$48,887

Median home value

$102,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$606$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
Under 5	5.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.6%
75 and over	7.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	48.9%
Black or African American	30.4%	45.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
No high school diploma	18.0%	18.1%
High school graduate	41.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
Drove alone	84.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.1%	5.1%
Other means	4.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
1-unit, detached	53.6%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	39.8%	36.1%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield County	Clarendon County
Poverty rate	20.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1986	1989