Dunean vs Welcome

A side-by-side comparison of Dunean and Welcome: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Welcome has the higher population (7,439 vs 3,716 in Dunean). Welcome has the higher median household income ($61,948 vs $50,382 in Dunean). Dunean has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $164,100 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	Dunean	Welcome
Population	3,716	7,439
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,382	$61,948
Median home value	$184,400	$164,100
Median gross rent	$1,061	$992
Housing units	1,875	3,332
Homeownership rate	54.4%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunean	Welcome
Population	3,613 → 3,716 (+2.9%)	7,719 → 7,439 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$31,921 → $50,382 (+57.8%)	$36,317 → $61,948 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $184,400 (+99.1%)	$96,000 → $164,100 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,061 (+29.9%)	$783 → $992 (+26.7%)

Dunean

Population

3,6133,716

Median household income

$31,921$50,382

Median home value

$92,600$184,400

Median gross rent

$817$1,061

Welcome

Population

7,7197,439

Median household income

$36,317$61,948

Median home value

$96,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$783$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunean	Welcome
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	21.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.6%
75 and over	5.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunean	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	43.8%
Black or African American	36.1%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunean	Welcome
No high school diploma	14.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunean	Welcome
Drove alone	74.2%	90.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	1.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunean	Welcome
1-unit, detached	82.7%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Dunean	Welcome
Poverty rate	16.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1959	1968