Coward vs Olanta

A side-by-side comparison of Coward and Olanta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olanta has the higher population (703 vs 668 in Coward). Olanta has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $36,250 in Coward). Olanta has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $104,200 in Coward).

Population, income & housing

	Coward	Olanta
Population	668	703
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$54,375
Median home value	$104,200	$109,000
Median gross rent	$825	$841
Housing units	307	268
Homeownership rate	66.3%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coward	Olanta
Population	671 → 668 (-0.4%)	527 → 703 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $36,250 (-5.8%)	$30,625 → $54,375 (+77.6%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $104,200 (+30.9%)	$103,400 → $109,000 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $825 (+32.9%)	$819 → $841 (+2.7%)

Coward

Population

671668

Median household income

$38,462$36,250

Median home value

$79,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$621$825

Olanta

Population

527703

Median household income

$30,625$54,375

Median home value

$103,400$109,000

Median gross rent

$819$841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coward	Olanta
Under 5	4.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	5.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	21.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	6.0%
75 and over	4.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coward	Olanta
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	50.5%
Black or African American	16.0%	44.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coward	Olanta
No high school diploma	23.5%	19.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coward	Olanta
Drove alone	74.6%	92.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coward	Olanta
1-unit, detached	62.2%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Coward	Olanta
Poverty rate	36.1%	23.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1988	1967