It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Chesterfield has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Chesterfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chesterfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chesterfield may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Chesterfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Chesterfield are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.03% of adults in Chesterfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Chesterfield in 2022 was $26,187, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,748 for a family of four. However, Chesterfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chesterfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chesterfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chesterfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chesterfield include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Chesterfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
