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Dillon, SC

6,406 Population
5.3 square miles 1,200.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dillon County: 37.5 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,124 ±$3,698 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dillon County: $23,016 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$34,964 ±$2,783 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dillon County: $44,038 ±$2,502
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

38.6% ±9% (2,396  ±557) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dillon County: 29.2% † 8,057 (±3.5% / ±972)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

22.8 minutes ±6 (56,060  ±16,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dillon County: 25.1 270,520 (±1.6 / ±23,742)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,491 ±201 Number of households
  • Dillon County: 10,587 ±361
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.2 (6,198  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dillon County: 2.6 27,646 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.7% ±3.2% (72  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dillon County: 3% † 193 (±1.2% / ±76)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

3,140 ±300 Number of housing units
  • Dillon County: 12,879 ±29
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$110,000 ±$13,215 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Dillon County: $84,400 ±$6,103
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

15.7% ±6.3% (945  ±380.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dillon County: 11% † 3,035 (±2.8% / ±771.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

79.5% ±9.6% (3,216  ±445.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dillon County: 81.6% 15,134 (±4.4% / ±819.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
11.8% ±4.7% (478  ±191.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dillon County: 11.7% † 2,167 (±1.8% / ±341.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.1% ±1.7% (135  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dillon County: 1.4% 378
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

5.1% ±2.3% (231  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dillon County: 6.1% † 1,271 (±1.2% / ±246)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
231 Total veterans ±106 220 Male ±103 11 Female ±19

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