County profile
Dillon County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1816 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,209
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
495
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,458
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$46.6k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
13.8%±2.1%
Poverty rate
27.7%±3.2%
Business applications
337 · 2025
Retail establishments
118
42.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing35%
Retail trade20%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,458
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $43.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−369
International migration+148
Natural change−587
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$829.4M2019
$803.5M2020
$859.5M2021
$901.3M2022
$979.2M2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$85.4k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$679/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
16.1%±2.4%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$4.3M
41 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$902/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Strong wind 89Earthquake 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1352016
1392017
1342018
1352019
1412020
1512021
1802022
1722023
2122024
2022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 2021422021
442022
422023
412024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.3 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
93.2 km
ELWELL FERRY - CARVERS
Nearest commercial airport
39.0 km
FLORENCE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.5k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dillon?
Dillon's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.