Dillon is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 6,306 people and four associated neighborhoods, Dillon is the 68th largest community in South Carolina.Dillon is a blue-collar town, with 43.18% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dillon is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dillon who work in office and administrative support (10.31%), sales jobs (8.93%), and teaching (7.03%). Dillon is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in Dillon is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.82% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Dillon in 2022 was $24,124, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,496 for a family of four. However, Dillon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dillon also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.58% of its population below the federal poverty line.Dillon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dillon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dillon residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dillon include English, Scots-Irish, Irish, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Dillon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
