South Carolina · Census place 4513150
Chapin, South Carolina
Chapin is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,934 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,934
- #119 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +6.5%
- +118 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 912 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Chapin population, 2020 to 2024
Chapin added 118 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by +27.
Chapin covers 2.12 square miles of land, for 912 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Chapin is less dense than the typical town.
What county Chapin is in
All of Chapin's residents live in Lexington County, which had 313,774 residents in 2024. Chapin holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chapin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chapin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29036. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Chapin is
The Census internal point of Chapin is at 34.165300, -81.339300. Columbia, the capital, is 20.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Irmo, SC (12,086 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 26.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.165300, -81.339300
- DMS
- 34°09'55.08"N 81°20'21.48"W
- UTM
- 17N 468727.1E 3780536.4N
- Geohash
- dnn4m5de2
- Plus code
- 866W5M86+47
Daylight in Chapin
At 34.17° N, Chapin gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chapin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Irmo, 9.3 miles away, with 12,086 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chapin, SC?
1,934 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 118 (6.5%) from 1,816 in July 2020.
What county is Chapin in?
Lexington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chapin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29036.
How far is Chapin from Columbia?
20.8 miles (33.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Chapin.
What is the nearest larger city to Chapin?
Irmo, SC, with 12,086 residents, 9.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.