Dunbar vs Georgetown

A side-by-side comparison of Dunbar and Georgetown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Georgetown has the higher population (8,511 vs 750 in Dunbar). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($88,250 vs $57,704 in Georgetown). Since 2019, Georgetown's population has grown faster (-4.0% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Georgetown
Population	750	8,511
Median age	30.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$57,704
Median home value	—	$158,600
Median gross rent	—	$805
Housing units	188	4,596
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Georgetown
Population	1,058 → 750 (-29.1%)	8,866 → 8,511 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $88,250 (+102.9%)	$32,593 → $57,704 (+77.0%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $95,600 (-4.2%)	$163,300 → $158,600 (-2.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$735 → $805 (+9.5%)

Dunbar

Population

1,058750

Median household income

$43,500$88,250

Median home value

$99,800$95,600

Georgetown

Population

8,8668,511

Median household income

$32,593$57,704

Median home value

$163,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$735$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Georgetown
Under 5	7.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	36.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	25.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	4.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	18.9%
75 and over	0.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Georgetown
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	51.3%
Black or African American	97.2%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Georgetown
No high school diploma	14.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	47.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Georgetown
Drove alone	84.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Georgetown
1-unit, detached	71.8%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Georgetown
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.8%
Average household size	7.81	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1987	1976