Dillon County vs Williamsburg County

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

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

Williamsburg County has the higher population (30,517 vs 28,031 in Dillon County). Dillon County has the higher median household income ($44,038 vs $43,471 in Williamsburg County). Williamsburg County has the higher median home value ($95,100 vs $84,400 in Dillon County).

Population, income & housing

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
Population	28,031	30,517
Median age	37.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,038	$43,471
Median home value	$84,400	$95,100
Median gross rent	$692	$769
Housing units	12,879	14,837
Homeownership rate	60.3%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
Population	30,689 → 28,031 (-8.7%)	31,324 → 30,517 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$30,812 → $44,038 (+42.9%)	$32,485 → $43,471 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $84,400 (+6.4%)	$68,300 → $95,100 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $692 (+17.3%)	$625 → $769 (+23.0%)

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

Williamsburg County

Population

31,32430,517

Median household income

$32,485$43,471

Median home value

$68,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$625$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
Under 5	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.4%
75 and over	6.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	31.9%
Black or African American	45.7%	63.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
No high school diploma	18.4%	16.6%
High school graduate	43.9%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
Drove alone	79.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	15.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
1-unit, detached	54.8%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	42.2%

Poverty & households

	Dillon County	Williamsburg County
Poverty rate	29.2%	23.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1984	1985