Dillon vs Newtown

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

Dillon and Newtown 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 969 in Newtown). Dillon has the higher median household income ($34,964 vs $33,214 in Newtown). Dillon has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $69,300 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Dillon	Newtown
Population	6,406	969
Median age	33.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,964	$33,214
Median home value	$110,000	$69,300
Median gross rent	$624	$960
Housing units	3,140	461
Homeownership rate	46.2%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillon	Newtown
Population	6,394 → 6,406 (+0.2%)	1,293 → 969 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$40,360 → $34,964 (-13.4%)	$28,849 → $33,214 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $110,000 (-7.2%)	$72,200 → $69,300 (-4.0%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $624 (+1.0%)	$777 → $960 (+23.6%)

Dillon

Population

6,3946,406

Median household income

$40,360$34,964

Median home value

$118,500$110,000

Median gross rent

$618$624

Newtown

Population

1,293969

Median household income

$28,849$33,214

Median home value

$72,200$69,300

Median gross rent

$777$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillon	Newtown
Under 5	13.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	2.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	21.8%
75 and over	6.9%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillon	Newtown
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	54.3%	87.0%
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%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillon	Newtown
No high school diploma	20.5%	19.2%
High school graduate	40.5%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillon	Newtown
Drove alone	79.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	19.4%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.8%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillon	Newtown
1-unit, detached	71.1%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Dillon	Newtown
Poverty rate	38.6%	40.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1973	1980