Bamberg vs Olar

A side-by-side comparison of Bamberg and Olar: population, income, housing, and more.

Bamberg and Olar are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bamberg has the higher population (3,036 vs 188 in Olar). Olar has the higher median household income ($36,607 vs $27,614 in Bamberg). Bamberg has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $80,000 in Olar).

Population, income & housing

	Bamberg	Olar
Population	3,036	188
Median age	44.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$27,614	$36,607
Median home value	$129,500	$80,000
Median gross rent	$779	$1,125
Housing units	1,575	113
Homeownership rate	69.0%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bamberg	Olar
Population	3,267 → 3,036 (-7.1%)	310 → 188 (-39.4%)
Median household income	$27,137 → $27,614 (+1.8%)	$31,406 → $36,607 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $129,500 (+78.6%)	$56,300 → $80,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $779 (+0.5%)	$792 → $1,125 (+42.0%)

Bamberg

Population

3,2673,036

Median household income

$27,137$27,614

Median home value

$72,500$129,500

Median gross rent

$775$779

Olar

Population

310188

Median household income

$31,406$36,607

Median home value

$56,300$80,000

Median gross rent

$792$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bamberg	Olar
Under 5	1.2%	11.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	25.0%
18 to 24	14.1%	0.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	24.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	3.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	2.7%
75 and over	15.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bamberg	Olar
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	42.0%
Black or African American	57.3%	38.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	17.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bamberg	Olar
No high school diploma	24.0%	25.4%
High school graduate	21.9%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bamberg	Olar
Drove alone	79.0%	98.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	0.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bamberg	Olar
1-unit, detached	72.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Bamberg	Olar
Poverty rate	31.9%	14.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1972	1970