About Chapin

Chapin is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 625 people and just one neighborhood, Chapin is the 232nd largest community in South Carolina.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chapin is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chapin is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Chapin who work in sales jobs (17.33%), office and administrative support jobs (17.05%), and management occupations (7.95%).

Because of many things, Chapin is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Chapin really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Chapin perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Chapin is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Chapin, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.26% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Chapin is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Chapin Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Chapin is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.05% of adults in Chapin have a college degree.

The per capita income in Chapin in 2000 was $24,124, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,496 for a family of four.

The people who call Chapin home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chapin is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chapin include German, Scotch-Irish, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Chapin is English. Some people also speak Spanish.