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Dorchester County, South Carolina · September 2026
Tree service marketDorchester County, SC · Summerville

Seven of every ten storm reports in Dorchester County describe a tree coming down. 47,721 owner-occupied homes sit under those trees.

Every figure here comes from a public record. We publish these because we run one tree company per territory, and a contractor deciding whether this county is worth their week should see the same numbers we do.

63,179
Households in the county
ACS 2024 5-year
47,721
Owner-occupied homes, 76% of all occupied
ACS 2024 5-year
248
Storm reports with trees down, 2015–2026
NOAA Storm Events
69
Tree companies we found based in the county
Our list, 2026-09-22

The short version

Every figure on this page comes from a public record, and the source for each is listed at the bottom. Data as of 2026-09-22.

What the county looks like

$329,300
Median value, owner-occupied homes
ACS 2024 5-year
$78,198
Median household income
ACS 2024 5-year
36%
Housing units built before 1990
24,451 of 67,865 · ACS 2024
45,413
Detached single-family homes
67% of all units · ACS 2024
+75%
Typical home value change, 2016 to 2026
Zillow ZHVI, county
167,201
Residents
ACS 2024 5-year

Storm reports with trees down, by year

2115271618172418281930203213122172332241325426

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts each event whose own narrative describes a tree or limb coming down, and excludes narratives that explicitly report none. 2026 is a partial year.

What we do here

We text homeowners in your ZIP codes, a trained setter qualifies the ones who reply, and a quote appointment lands on your calendar with the homeowner's name, address and what they want done. One tree company per territory: while you are running, nobody else is marketed to those homeowners.

A qualified appointment is a homeowner in your ZIPs who replied, described work with at least $500 of potential, gave an address we could place, and took a time on your calendar that a person verified. We sell the territory and the work that goes into it — never a number of appointments.

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Questions about the Dorchester County market

How many homes in Dorchester County could need tree work?

47,721 homes in Dorchester County are owner-occupied, 76% of all occupied households, per the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Owner-occupied is the number that matters for tree work, because the person who decides on a removal and pays for it lives at the address.

How often do storms bring trees down in Dorchester County?

248 of 362 storm reports in Dorchester County since 2015 describe a tree or limb coming down, which is 69%. The count is from NOAA's Storm Events Database and includes only events whose own narrative names a downed tree, so it understates rather than inflates.

How many tree service companies work in Dorchester County?

69 tree service companies were found operating in Dorchester County. 23 of them, 33%, have no website at all. That is the gap these briefs measure: homeowners search first, and a company with no web presence is not in the result they see.

What counts as a qualified appointment?

A homeowner in your ZIP codes who replied, described work with at least $500 of potential, gave an address we could place, and took a time on your calendar that a person verified. We sell the territory and the work that goes into it, never a number of appointments.

Is Dorchester County still open?

One tree company works a territory at a time, so it depends on whether Dorchester County is already taken. The territory checker on this site answers that for a specific ZIP code. While you are running, nobody else is marketed to those homeowners.

Where do these numbers come from?

Every figure on this page comes from a public record. Households, tenure, home value and housing age are U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Storm counts are NOAA's Storm Events Database. The full source list, with table numbers and the limits of each, is at the bottom of the page. Data as of 2026-09-22.

Sources and limits

We did not test where any company ranks in local search, count reviews, price the market, or read the local tree ordinances, all of which matter to a bid. Census figures are survey estimates with margins of error, not counts. Storm narratives are written by forecast offices and vary in detail, so the tree-down count is a floor rather than a total.