County profile
Chesterfield County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1325 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,223
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
690
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,740
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$49.2k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
13.6%±1.4%
Poverty rate
20.3%±2.4%
Business applications
519 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
28.8/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Health care15%
Retail trade11%
Transportation11%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,740
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $41.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,500
International migration+581
Natural change−613
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$116.2k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$762/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±2.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$28.7M
117 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$902/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Strong wind 87Tornado 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1782016
1752017
1792018
1812019
1902020
2082021
2522022
2632023
2742024
3272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 20211342021
1052022
1702023
1472024
1172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.2 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
9.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
162.5 km
MITTAL STEEL USA, GEORGETOWN
Nearest commercial airport
64.3 km
FLORENCE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chesterfield?
Chesterfield's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.