Darlington vs Dovesville

A side-by-side comparison of Darlington and Dovesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Darlington and Dovesville are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Darlington has the higher population (6,128 vs 1,014 in Dovesville). Dovesville has the higher median household income ($32,072 vs $31,240 in Darlington). Since 2019, Darlington's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Darlington	Dovesville
Population	6,128	1,014
Median age	46.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,240	$32,072
Median home value	$163,000	—
Median gross rent	$801	$828
Housing units	3,150	462
Homeownership rate	50.2%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darlington	Dovesville
Population	6,043 → 6,128 (+1.4%)	1,101 → 1,014 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$27,835 → $31,240 (+12.2%)	$28,605 → $32,072 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $163,000 (+51.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$609 → $801 (+31.5%)	$625 → $828 (+32.5%)

Darlington

Population

6,0436,128

Median household income

$27,835$31,240

Median home value

$107,400$163,000

Median gross rent

$609$801

Dovesville

Population

1,1011,014

Median household income

$28,605$32,072

Median gross rent

$625$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darlington	Dovesville
Under 5	4.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	20.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	23.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	18.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	0.0%
75 and over	12.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darlington	Dovesville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	46.7%
Black or African American	59.4%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darlington	Dovesville
No high school diploma	18.5%	20.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darlington	Dovesville
Drove alone	84.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darlington	Dovesville
1-unit, detached	72.7%	29.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	70.3%

Poverty & households

	Darlington	Dovesville
Poverty rate	33.9%	45.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1966	1985