South Carolina · Census place 20365
Dovesville, SC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Dovesville, South Carolina (Dovesville, SC — Census place “Dovesville CDP”) is 1,014 residents, ranking #263 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $32,072, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $828 a month. Looking for the Dovesville South Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dovesville, SC: 29540.
- Population
- 1,014Dovesville CDP residents
- Median household income
- $32,072Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $828Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 66.8%Owner-occupied households
Dovesville ZIP codes (South Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dovesville.
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What the numbers mean in Dovesville CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Dovesville CDP median would spend about 31% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. Poverty affects 45.2% of residents and 66.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Dovesville CDP, SC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Dovesville CDP is a small town in South Carolina, with 1,014 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #263 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 44% of them. The median age here is 41.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Dovesville CDP earn a median of $32,072 a year, 59.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 40% below the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 45.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Dovesville CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $828 a month, 41.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,936 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 31% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. 66.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
The Census withheld home value for Dovesville CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in South Carolina.
- Yemassee town 1,007
- Jonesville town 1,016
- Elloree town 1,005
- Johnsonville city 1,037
- McBee town 1,000
- Drayton CDP 1,043
- Aynor town 1,077
- Gayle Mill CDP 1,119
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Dovesville CDP?
- Dovesville CDP has 1,014 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #263 of 475 in South Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Dovesville CDP?
- Median household income in Dovesville CDP is $32,072 a year, 59.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dovesville CDP?
- Median gross rent is $828 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 31% of median household income.
- Is Dovesville CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Dovesville CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Dovesville CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.