Olanta vs Scranton

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

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

Scranton has the higher population (820 vs 703 in Olanta). Olanta has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $26,250 in Scranton). Olanta has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $83,000 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Olanta	Scranton
Population	703	820
Median age	39.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$26,250
Median home value	$109,000	$83,000
Median gross rent	$841	$807
Housing units	268	332
Homeownership rate	65.0%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olanta	Scranton
Population	527 → 703 (+33.4%)	713 → 820 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $54,375 (+77.6%)	$39,688 → $26,250 (-33.9%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $109,000 (+5.4%)	$71,700 → $83,000 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $841 (+2.7%)	$663 → $807 (+21.7%)

Olanta

Population

527703

Median household income

$30,625$54,375

Median home value

$103,400$109,000

Median gross rent

$819$841

Scranton

Population

713820

Median household income

$39,688$26,250

Median home value

$71,700$83,000

Median gross rent

$663$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olanta	Scranton
Under 5	7.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	21.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.4%
75 and over	8.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olanta	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	40.7%
Black or African American	44.2%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olanta	Scranton
No high school diploma	19.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olanta	Scranton
Drove alone	92.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	15.3%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olanta	Scranton
1-unit, detached	93.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Olanta	Scranton
Poverty rate	23.6%	30.5%
Average household size	2.94	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1967	1977