Dillon County vs Edgefield County

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

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

Dillon County has the higher population (28,031 vs 26,508 in Edgefield County). Edgefield County has the higher median household income ($67,092 vs $44,038 in Dillon County). Edgefield County has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $84,400 in Dillon County).

Population, income & housing

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
Population	28,031	26,508
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,038	$67,092
Median home value	$84,400	$194,300
Median gross rent	$692	$854
Housing units	12,879	11,317
Homeownership rate	60.3%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
Population	30,689 → 28,031 (-8.7%)	26,927 → 26,508 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$30,812 → $44,038 (+42.9%)	$49,127 → $67,092 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $84,400 (+6.4%)	$129,300 → $194,300 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $692 (+17.3%)	$637 → $854 (+34.1%)

Dillon County

Population

30,68928,031

Median household income

$30,812$44,038

Median home value

$79,300$84,400

Median gross rent

$590$692

Edgefield County

Population

26,92726,508

Median household income

$49,127$67,092

Median home value

$129,300$194,300

Median gross rent

$637$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
Under 5	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.0%
75 and over	6.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	57.7%
Black or African American	45.7%	31.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
No high school diploma	18.4%	18.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
Drove alone	79.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	15.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
1-unit, detached	54.8%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Dillon County	Edgefield County
Poverty rate	29.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1984	1988