Denmark vs Olar

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

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

Denmark has the higher population (3,141 vs 188 in Olar). Olar has the higher median household income ($36,607 vs $33,100 in Denmark). Olar has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $73,000 in Denmark).

Population, income & housing

	Denmark	Olar
Population	3,141	188
Median age	27.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,100	$36,607
Median home value	$73,000	$80,000
Median gross rent	$785	$1,125
Housing units	1,241	113
Homeownership rate	53.0%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denmark	Olar
Population	2,988 → 3,141 (+5.1%)	310 → 188 (-39.4%)
Median household income	$26,591 → $33,100 (+24.5%)	$31,406 → $36,607 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$58,900 → $73,000 (+23.9%)	$56,300 → $80,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $785 (+13.6%)	$792 → $1,125 (+42.0%)

Denmark

Population

2,9883,141

Median household income

$26,591$33,100

Median home value

$58,900$73,000

Median gross rent

$691$785

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)

	Denmark	Olar
Under 5	3.1%	11.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	25.0%
18 to 24	30.0%	0.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	6.7%	24.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	3.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	2.7%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denmark	Olar
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	42.0%
Black or African American	84.0%	38.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	17.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denmark	Olar
No high school diploma	37.2%	25.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denmark	Olar
Drove alone	69.3%	98.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	9.2%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denmark	Olar
1-unit, detached	70.4%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Denmark	Olar
Poverty rate	26.8%	14.9%
Average household size	3.36	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1973	1970