Dovesville vs Lamar

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

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

Lamar has the higher population (1,446 vs 1,014 in Dovesville). Lamar has the higher median household income ($44,000 vs $32,072 in Dovesville). Since 2019, Lamar's population has grown faster (+31.8% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dovesville	Lamar
Population	1,014	1,446
Median age	41.1 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,072	$44,000
Median home value	—	$112,700
Median gross rent	$828	$947
Housing units	462	543
Homeownership rate	66.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dovesville	Lamar
Population	1,101 → 1,014 (-7.9%)	1,097 → 1,446 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$28,605 → $32,072 (+12.1%)	$31,563 → $44,000 (+39.4%)
Median home value	—	$101,100 → $112,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $828 (+32.5%)	$669 → $947 (+41.6%)

Dovesville

Population

1,1011,014

Median household income

$28,605$32,072

Median gross rent

$625$828

Lamar

Population

1,0971,446

Median household income

$31,563$44,000

Median home value

$101,100$112,700

Median gross rent

$669$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dovesville	Lamar
Under 5	3.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	33.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	23.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	18.7%	7.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.5%
75 and over	4.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dovesville	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	52.3%
Black or African American	53.3%	47.1%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dovesville	Lamar
No high school diploma	20.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	54.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dovesville	Lamar
Drove alone	87.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dovesville	Lamar
1-unit, detached	29.0%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.3%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Dovesville	Lamar
Poverty rate	45.2%	31.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1985	1965