Dillon, South Carolina

Dillon population, 2020 to 2024

Dillon lost 262 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -57. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Dillon is 44% of it.

Dillon covers 5.31 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,176 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Dillon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dillon is in

All of Dillon's residents live in Dillon County, which had 27,577 residents in 2024. Dillon holds 22.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dillon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dillon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29536. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dillon is

The Census internal point of Dillon is at 34.424400, -79.367600. Columbia, the capital, is 99.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bennettsville, SC (7,595 people), 22.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 50.7 miles away.

Daylight in Dillon

At 34.42° N, Dillon gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dillon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Latta, 7.0 miles away, with 1,242 people.