Chester, South Carolina

Chester population, 2020 to 2024

Chester lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Chester is 37% of it.

Chester covers 3.30 square miles of land, for 1,585 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Chester is denser than the typical town.

What county Chester is in

All of Chester's residents live in Chester County, which had 32,323 residents in 2024. Chester holds 16.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29706. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Chester is

The Census internal point of Chester is at 34.705000, -81.213200. Columbia, the capital, is 49.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rock Hill, SC (75,798 people), 19.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 41.0 miles away.

Daylight in Chester

At 34.71° N, Chester gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Rock Hill, 19.5 miles away, with 75,798 people.