South Carolina · Census place 4514140

Chesterfield, South Carolina

Chesterfield is a town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,351 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 138th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,351; #138 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020: +1.2%; +16 people
Land area: 4.1 sq mi
Density: 331 / sq mi; State median 1,356

Orange pin: Chesterfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Chesterfield population, 2020 to 2024

Chesterfield added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,338. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chesterfield covers 4.08 square miles of land, for 331 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Chesterfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chesterfield is in

All of Chesterfield's residents live in Chesterfield County, which had 44,488 residents in 2024. Chesterfield holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chesterfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chesterfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29709. 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 Chesterfield is

The Census internal point of Chesterfield is at 34.733000, -80.078000. Columbia, the capital, is 74.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cheraw, SC (4,946 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 53.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.733000, -80.078000
DMS: 34°43'58.80"N 80°04'40.80"W
UTM: 17N 584407.7E 3843821.4N
Geohash: dnpj9fbyr
Plus code: 866XPWMC+6R

Daylight in Chesterfield

At 34.73° N, Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Cheraw, 9.6 miles away, with 4,946 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chesterfield, SC?

1,351 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (1.2%) from 1,335 in July 2020.

What county is Chesterfield in?

Chesterfield County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Chesterfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29709.

How far is Chesterfield from Columbia?

74.4 miles (119.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Chesterfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Chesterfield?

Cheraw, SC, with 4,946 residents, 9.6 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.