Dovesville vs Hartsville

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

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

Hartsville has the higher population (7,422 vs 1,014 in Dovesville). Hartsville has the higher median household income ($47,720 vs $32,072 in Dovesville). Since 2019, Hartsville's population has grown faster (-2.5% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dovesville	Hartsville
Population	1,014	7,422
Median age	41.1 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,072	$47,720
Median home value	—	$188,800
Median gross rent	$828	$834
Housing units	462	3,355
Homeownership rate	66.8%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dovesville	Hartsville
Population	1,101 → 1,014 (-7.9%)	7,616 → 7,422 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$28,605 → $32,072 (+12.1%)	$35,487 → $47,720 (+34.5%)
Median home value	—	$147,000 → $188,800 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $828 (+32.5%)	$666 → $834 (+25.2%)

Dovesville

Population

1,1011,014

Median household income

$28,605$32,072

Median gross rent

$625$828

Hartsville

Population

7,6167,422

Median household income

$35,487$47,720

Median home value

$147,000$188,800

Median gross rent

$666$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dovesville	Hartsville
Under 5	3.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	20.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	23.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.5%
75 and over	4.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dovesville	Hartsville
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	48.6%
Black or African American	53.3%	47.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dovesville	Hartsville
No high school diploma	20.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	54.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dovesville	Hartsville
Drove alone	87.5%	71.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dovesville	Hartsville
1-unit, detached	29.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	70.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dovesville	Hartsville
Poverty rate	45.2%	23.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1985	1975