County profile
Chester County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1360 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,824
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
560
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,001
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$52.5k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.0%±1.6%
Poverty rate
18.7%±2.6%
Business applications
478 · 2025
Retail establishments
93
28.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction11%
Health care8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,001
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $48.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,374
International migration+84
Natural change−759
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.3k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±1.7%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$106.2M
310 units · 9.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 82Lightning 76Tornado 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1582016
1692017
1822018
1932019
2012020
2362021
2722022
3252023
3262024
3362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 297% since 2021782021
1142022
1642023
2692024
3102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.9 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
LC
Nearest port
212.6 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
60.9 km
CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.8k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chester?
Chester's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 10.2% year over year — faster than 91% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.