Dovesville vs Lydia

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

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

Dovesville has the higher population (1,014 vs 237 in Lydia). Dovesville has the higher median household income ($32,072 vs $22,275 in Lydia). Since 2019, Dovesville's population has grown faster (-7.9% vs -44.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dovesville	Lydia
Population	1,014	237
Median age	41.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,072	$22,275
Median home value	—	$42,800
Median gross rent	$828	—
Housing units	462	237
Homeownership rate	66.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	50.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dovesville	Lydia
Population	1,101 → 1,014 (-7.9%)	425 → 237 (-44.2%)
Median household income	$28,605 → $32,072 (+12.1%)	$58,103 → $22,275 (-61.7%)
Median home value	—	$43,800 → $42,800 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $828 (+32.5%)	—

Dovesville

Population

1,1011,014

Median household income

$28,605$32,072

Median gross rent

$625$828

Lydia

Population

425237

Median household income

$58,103$22,275

Median home value

$43,800$42,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dovesville	Lydia
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	27.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	16.0%
25 to 34	20.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.4%	26.2%
55 to 64	18.7%	5.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	25.3%
75 and over	4.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dovesville	Lydia
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	38.8%
Black or African American	53.3%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.5%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dovesville	Lydia
No high school diploma	20.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.2%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dovesville	Lydia
Drove alone	87.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dovesville	Lydia
1-unit, detached	29.0%	18.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.3%	81.9%

Poverty & households

	Dovesville	Lydia
Poverty rate	45.2%	35.0%
Average household size	2.63	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1985	1991