A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Edgefield$1,290/mo

Typical home $224K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $731/mo · Housing →

Dillon$680/mo

Typical home $121K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $630/mo · Housing →

The difference: $610 a month, about $7,300 a year, between Edgefield and Dillon.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Edgefield places higher on 10 of 19 SC lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Carolina ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–EdgefieldNot graded D−DillonSafer than 0% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+EdgefieldBetter than 36% of districts in the state C−DillonBetter than 19% of districts in the state

Health

D−EdgefieldHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns D−DillonHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

10Edgefield

7Dillon

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 173 towns #141#27 Lowest depressionHealth · 173 towns #46#81 Lowest property taxCost of living · 172 towns #41#9 Fastest growingGrowth · 157 towns #157#128 Most remote workersWork · 168 towns #135#165 Best schoolsSchools · 141 towns #93#110 Shortest commuteGetting around · 173 towns #154#136 Cheapest rentCost of living · 170 towns #22#8

Left end = #1 in South Carolina. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Edgefield’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

EdgefieldDillon

Snow a year1″1″

January low—32°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—227d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 80th

Outdoors & history

EdgefieldDillon

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—4.2%

Settled—1888

National Register places2 4

Archive photos14 12

Famous people born here24 21

Community

EdgefieldDillon

Library hours a week43 hrs 48 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

153 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EdgefieldSC DillonSC

Edgefield ↔ Dillon153 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs South Carolina average

EdgefieldDillon

People

Population 4,010Lowest 6,354Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -51.1%Lowest SC: +10.7% -6%Highest SC: +10.7%

Median age 40±1.8Lowest about the SC average 40.4±5.8Highest about the SC average

Dillon and Edgefield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 13.1%±4Lowest SC: 21.4% 24.7%±5.1Highest SC: 21.4%

Age 65+ 11.4%±2.8Lowest SC: 18.9% 20%±3.9Highest SC: 18.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.5%Highest SC: 32.1% 12.4%Lowest SC: 32.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±2.4Highest SC: 5.7% 0.9%±1Lowest SC: 5.7%

Edgefield and Dillon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $39,688±$18kHighest 43% below SC $35,891±$3kLowest 48% below SC

Edgefield and Dillon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $122,500±$34kHighest 53% below SC $115,500±$27kLowest 55% below SC

Edgefield and Dillon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $731±$210Highest 38% below SC $630±$22Lowest 47% below SC

Edgefield and Dillon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $794Highest 37% below SC $522Lowest 58% below SC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 65.4%±20.4Highest SC: 52.1% 49.9%±13.4Lowest SC: 52.1%

Edgefield and Dillon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 31.4%Lowest SC: 14.1% 32.8%Highest SC: 14.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.5%Lowest SC: 71.9% 53.9%Highest SC: 71.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1966Lowest 26 yrs older than SC 1972Highest 20 yrs older than SC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 17% above SC 28 minLowest 9% above SC

Work from home 3.4%±3.1Highest SC: 11.5% 0.6%±0.9Lowest SC: 11.5%

Edgefield and Dillon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 9.5%Lowest 20.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miHighest 24.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.66Lowest 1.34Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Augusta (6%)Florence (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DillonFew work in Edgefield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Lowest 4.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 37.7Lowest 82.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #93 of 141 in SC #110 of 141 in SC

School district Edgefield 01Dillon 80 · Dillon 04

High school in town None in townDillon High

Students per teacherat that high school — 16.4

South Carolina average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Edgefield vs Dillon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $610 more a month in Edgefield

Edgefield places higher on 10 of 19 SC lists

What daily life feels like in each

153 miles apart

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