Dovesville vs Society Hill

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

Dovesville and Society Hill 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 460 in Society Hill). Society Hill has the higher median household income ($32,115 vs $32,072 in Dovesville). Since 2019, Society Hill's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dovesville	Society Hill
Population	1,014	460
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,072	$32,115
Median home value	—	$71,500
Median gross rent	$828	$693
Housing units	462	242
Homeownership rate	66.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dovesville	Society Hill
Population	1,101 → 1,014 (-7.9%)	473 → 460 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$28,605 → $32,072 (+12.1%)	$36,667 → $32,115 (-12.4%)
Median home value	—	$58,800 → $71,500 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $828 (+32.5%)	$761 → $693 (-8.9%)

Dovesville

Population

1,1011,014

Median household income

$28,605$32,072

Median gross rent

$625$828

Society Hill

Population

473460

Median household income

$36,667$32,115

Median home value

$58,800$71,500

Median gross rent

$761$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dovesville	Society Hill
Under 5	3.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	4.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	20.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	27.6%
45 to 54	23.4%	5.7%
55 to 64	18.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.5%
75 and over	4.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dovesville	Society Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	43.9%
Black or African American	53.3%	49.6%
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%	3.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dovesville	Society Hill
No high school diploma	20.9%	13.5%
High school graduate	54.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dovesville	Society Hill
Drove alone	87.5%	89.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dovesville	Society Hill
1-unit, detached	29.0%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.9%
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%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Dovesville	Society Hill
Poverty rate	45.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1985	1974