Dunbar vs Litchfield Beach

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

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

Litchfield Beach has the higher population (9,544 vs 750 in Dunbar). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($88,250 vs $74,451 in Litchfield Beach). Since 2019, Litchfield Beach's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
Population	750	9,544
Median age	30.0 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$74,451
Median home value	—	$409,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,623
Housing units	188	6,991
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
Population	1,058 → 750 (-29.1%)	8,702 → 9,544 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $88,250 (+102.9%)	$63,911 → $74,451 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $95,600 (-4.2%)	$336,500 → $409,100 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,160 → $1,623 (+39.9%)

Dunbar

Population

1,058750

Median household income

$43,500$88,250

Median home value

$99,800$95,600

Litchfield Beach

Population

8,7029,544

Median household income

$63,911$74,451

Median home value

$336,500$409,100

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
Under 5	7.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	36.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	25.1%	2.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	4.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	25.1%
75 and over	0.9%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	85.6%
Black or African American	97.2%	7.5%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
No high school diploma	14.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	47.4%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
Drove alone	84.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
1-unit, detached	71.8%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Litchfield Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.3%
Average household size	7.81	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1987	1997