Dillon County vs Jasper County

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

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

Jasper County has the higher population (30,658 vs 28,031 in Dillon County). Jasper County has the higher median household income ($63,503 vs $44,038 in Dillon County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $84,400 in Dillon County).

Population, income & housing

	Dillon County	Jasper County
Population	28,031	30,658
Median age	37.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,038	$63,503
Median home value	$84,400	$269,400
Median gross rent	$692	$1,307
Housing units	12,879	13,868
Homeownership rate	60.3%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillon County	Jasper County
Population	30,689 → 28,031 (-8.7%)	28,657 → 30,658 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$30,812 → $44,038 (+42.9%)	$45,601 → $63,503 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $84,400 (+6.4%)	$166,200 → $269,400 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $692 (+17.3%)	$929 → $1,307 (+40.7%)

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

Jasper County

Population

28,65730,658

Median household income

$45,601$63,503

Median home value

$166,200$269,400

Median gross rent

$929$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillon County	Jasper County
Under 5	7.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	14.6%
75 and over	6.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillon County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	44.9%
Black or African American	45.7%	34.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillon County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	18.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	43.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillon County	Jasper County
Drove alone	79.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillon County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	54.8%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Dillon County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	29.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1984	2002