Dillon vs Hamer

A side-by-side comparison of Dillon and Hamer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dillon has the higher population (6,406 vs 735 in Hamer). Hamer has the higher median household income ($45,417 vs $34,964 in Dillon). Hamer has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $110,000 in Dillon).

Population, income & housing

	Dillon	Hamer
Population	6,406	735
Median age	33.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,964	$45,417
Median home value	$110,000	$166,700
Median gross rent	$624	$796
Housing units	3,140	405
Homeownership rate	46.2%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillon	Hamer
Population	6,394 → 6,406 (+0.2%)	994 → 735 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$40,360 → $34,964 (-13.4%)	$77,692 → $45,417 (-41.5%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $110,000 (-7.2%)	$159,500 → $166,700 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $624 (+1.0%)	$560 → $796 (+42.1%)

Dillon

Population

6,3946,406

Median household income

$40,360$34,964

Median home value

$118,500$110,000

Median gross rent

$618$624

Hamer

Population

994735

Median household income

$77,692$45,417

Median home value

$159,500$166,700

Median gross rent

$560$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillon	Hamer
Under 5	13.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	19.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillon	Hamer
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	43.0%
Black or African American	54.3%	39.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillon	Hamer
No high school diploma	20.5%	16.7%
High school graduate	40.5%	73.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	0.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillon	Hamer
Drove alone	79.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	19.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	12.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillon	Hamer
1-unit, detached	71.1%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	59.0%

Poverty & households

	Dillon	Hamer
Poverty rate	38.6%	30.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1973	2004