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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $351 (0.6%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chester County is $414 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $496 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $593 a month.
Cities in this county include: Chester
, Great Falls
, Eureka Mill
, Gayle Mill
, Fort Lawn
, Richburg
, Lowrys
, Landsford
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2005 air pollution in Chester County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.106 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.083 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Fairfield County
, Lancaster County
, Union County
, York County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Chester County: South
Sandy Boat Ramp
(A),
Poolus Loop Hunt Camp
(B),
Leeds Rifle Range
(C),
Leeds Campground
(D),
Landsford Plantation
(E),
County Farm Industrial Park
(F),
Fishing Creek Power Plant
(G),
Rossvillle Community Center
(H),
Mount Zion Recreation Center
(I)
Shopping Center: Chester
Plaza Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in Chester County include: Black
Rock Church
(A),
Blackstock Church
(B),
Blackstock Presbyterian Church
(C),
Pleasant View Church
(D),
Pleasant Grove Church
(E),
Piney Grove Church
(F),
Hopewell Church
(G),
Orrs Church
(H),
Old Zion Baptist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Blakles,
Caldwells, and Strouds Cemetery
(1),
Ararat Cemetery
(2),
Guest Assembly Cemetery
(3),
Mount Moriah Cemetery
(4),
Mount Mpriah Cemetery
(5),
Gunthorne Cemetery
(6),
Hopewell Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Great
Falls-Dearborn Reservoir
(A),
Mountain Lakes
(B),
Mountain Lakes - Lower Lake
(C),
Mountain Lakes - Upper Lake
(D),
Chester State Park Lake
(E),
Chester Reservoir
(F),
Lockhart Reservoir
(G),
Fishing Creek Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lipsy
Spring Branch
(A),
Hicklin Branch
(B),
Hooper Creek
(C),
Mobley Creek
(D),
Mineral Creek
(E),
Long Branch
(F),
Gum Spring Branch
(G),
Rum Branch
(H),
Fishing Creek
(I)
Parks in Chester County include: Woods
Ferry Recreation Area
(1),
Fish Dam Battleground Monument
(2),
Landsford Canal State Park
(3),
Chester State Park
(4)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
10.8% | | South
Carolina: |
5.8% |
Current college students: 800
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 67.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 285 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Chester
County: |
0.8% | | Whole
state: | 2.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 74
- 1990
to 1994: 58
- 1985
to 1989: 25
- 1980
to 1984: 31
- 1975
to 1979: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 18
- 1970
to 1974: 22
- 1965
to 1969: 57
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Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 9,472
- One,
attached: 77
- Two:
295
- 3
or 4: 215
- 5
to 9: 257
- 10
to 19: 90
- 20
or more: 72
- Mobile
homes: 3,835
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 61
Housing units in Chester County with a mortgage: 3,563 (239 second mortgage, 420 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,637 Agriculture
in Chester County
Average size of farms: 226 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $40877
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $105.60
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 91.37%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $37525
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.78%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.25%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $36809
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.12%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.74
Corn for grain: 52 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 1153 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 128 harvested acres
Vegetables: 117 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 45 acresChester
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below South Carolina state average. It is 1.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 4 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/16/1994, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 4 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (10%)
- Metal
and metal products (7%)
- Repair
and maintenance (3%)
- Truck
transportation (3%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (3%)
- Public
administration (3%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Health
care (13%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (11%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers
(7%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Germany
(12%)
- Argentina
(11%)
- Vietnam
(10%)
- Mexico
(8%)
- Canada
(7%)
- Korea
(7%)
- El
Salvador (6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Chester County:
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- United
States or American (24%)
- Irish
(5%)
- English
(5%)
- Scotch-Irish
(4%)
- German
(4%)
- Italian
(1%)
- Scottish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 11,425 (79%)
- Carpooled:
2,528 (17%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 49 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
2 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
10 (0%)
- Walked:
162 (1%)
- Other
means: 149 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 131 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in Chester County, South Carolina
- 214
people in nursing homes
- 77
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,293.
5.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,173 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.03% | | South
Carolina average: | 8.00% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.29% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($19,455 average AGI)
1.73% relocated from other states ($12,719 average AGI)
| Chester
County: |
1.73% | | South
Carolina average: | 4.33% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
York County, SC
|
1.85% ($31,493 average AGI) |
| from
Lancaster County, SC
|
0.58% ($24,691) |
| from
Mecklenburg County, NC
|
0.31% ($46,162) |
| from
Richland County, SC
|
0.16% ($31,579) |
| from
Fairfield County, SC
|
0.14% ($34,588) |
| from
Union County, SC
|
0.08% ($24,600) |
5.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,354 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.72% | | South
Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.37% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($21,167 average AGI)
1.35% relocated to other states ($8,186 average AGI)
| Chester
County: |
1.35% | | South
Carolina average: | 3.21% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
York County, SC
|
2.30% ($28,891 average AGI) |
| to
Lancaster County, SC
|
0.84% ($24,950) |
| to
Fairfield County, SC
|
0.24% ($25,586) |
| to
Mecklenburg County, NC
|
0.22% ($33,462) |
| to
Richland County, SC
|
0.13% ($21,875) |
| to
Union County, SC
|
0.10% ($18,833) |
| to
Greenville County, SC
|
0.09% ($26,909) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.4
Births
per 1000 population in Chester County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1
Deaths
per 1000 population in Chester County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Chester County
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Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,632 (4,298 aged, 1,334 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 33,751
- In
family households: 29,801 (6,451 male householders, 2,943 female householders)
6,401
spouses, 10,837 children (10,044 natural, 153 adopted, 640 stepchildren), 1,162 grandchildren, 420 brothers or sisters, 300 parents, 607 other relatives, 680 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 3,950 (1,583 male householders (1,378 living alone)), 1,901 female householders (1,732 living alone)), 466 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 317 (300 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,767 2-persons, 2,420 3-persons, 1,819 4-persons, 866 5-persons, 319 6-persons, 203 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,110 1-person, 318 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 1 5-persons.
4,717 married couples with children.
2,923 single-parent households (495 men, 2,428 women).
97.3% of residents of Chester County speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 33% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $184,715,000 ($5504 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,161,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $86,350,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $44,121,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,146,000
Federal grants: $47,423,000
Federal procurement contracts: $964,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,711,000 ($596,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $963,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,949,000
Federal Government insurance: $2,994,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,421
| Here: |
73 per 1000 residents | | State: |
69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,796
| Here: |
54 per 1000 residents | | State: |
46 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +62
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +9
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,465
| Here: |
-44 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+27 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Chester County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.52 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 428
- 1995
to 1998: 1,577
- 1990
to 1994: 1,031
- 1980
to 1989: 1,966
- 1970
to 1979: 2,629
- 1960
to 1969: 1,827
- 1950
to 1959: 1,788
- 1940
to 1949: 1,076
- 1939
or earlier: 2,052
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Chester County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 14
- 2
rooms: 43
- 3
rooms: 289
- 4
rooms: 1,431
- 5
rooms: 3,161
- 6
rooms: 2,703
- 7
rooms: 1,213
- 8
rooms: 687
- 9
or more rooms: 549
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chester County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 27
- 2
rooms: 118
- 3
rooms: 332
- 4
rooms: 974
- 5
rooms: 715
- 6
rooms: 340
- 7
rooms: 176
- 8
rooms: 62
- 9
or more rooms: 46
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chester County:
|
- no
bedroom: 14
- 1
bedroom: 316
- 2
bedrooms: 2,562
- 3
bedrooms: 5,856
- 4
bedrooms: 1,154
- 5
or more bedrooms: 188
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chester County:
|
- no
bedroom: 27
- 1
bedroom: 471
- 2
bedrooms: 1,296
- 3
bedrooms: 843
- 4
bedrooms: 138
- 5
or more bedrooms: 15
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chester County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 639
- 1
vehicle: 2,993
- 2
vehicles: 3,953
- 3
vehicles: 1,822
- 4
vehicles: 550
- 5
or more vehicles: 133
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chester County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 748
- 1
vehicle: 1,243
- 2
vehicles: 644
- 3
vehicles: 122
- 4
vehicles: 28
- 5
or more vehicles: 5
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66% of Chester County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in South Carolina.
| Chester
County: |
66.2% | | State
average: |
56.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 27103
- Northeast:
1131
- Midwest:
887
- South:
4188
- West:
372
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (45%)
- Electricity
(40%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (44%)
- Electricity
(37%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood
(3%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 193
| Here: |
4.3% | | South
Carolina: | 9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 70
| Here: |
4.0% | | South
Carolina: | 8.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 86
| Here: |
12.3% | | South
Carolina: | 20.3% |
Chester
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $122,000
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $28,404,000
All Other: $1,484,000
Solid Waste Management: $902,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $1,416,000
Water Utilities: $248,000
Parks & Recreation: $17,000
General Public Buildings: $17,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $26,347,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,317,000
General - Other: $2,175,000
Central Staff Services: $2,173,000
Police Protection: $2,061,000
Corrections - Other: $1,515,000
Health Services - Other: $1,515,000
General Public Buildings: $1,405,000
Libraries: $1,118,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $948,000
Financial Administration: $617,000
Fire Protection: $549,000
Regular Highways: $283,000
Parks & Recreation: $147,000
Welfare - Other: $86,000
Air Transportation: $20,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $397,000
Housing & Community Development: $377,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $134,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Fire Protection: $1,399,000
Judicial and Legal: $439,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $59,000
Higher Education: $9,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $791,000
General Support: $58,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,229,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $3,300,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $5,090,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $438,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $4,190,000
Interest Earnings: $310,000
Property Sale Other: $45,000
Rents: $16,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $214,000
Police Protection: $167,000
Own Hospitals: $160,000
General - Other: $114,000
Central Staff: $76,000
Solid Waste Management: $8,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
Health - Other: $4,000
Regular Highways: $3,000
Corrections - Other: $2,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $8,936,000
- Short
Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $2,000,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,935,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,715,000
Highways: $1,125,000
Health & Hospitals: $960,000
All Other: $407,000
- Tax
- Property: $10,252,000
Total General Sales: $1,296,000
NEC: $318,000
Public Utilities: $220,000
Other Selective Sales: $183,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $7,750,000
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