Olanta vs Timmonsville

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

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

Timmonsville has the higher population (2,153 vs 703 in Olanta). Olanta has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $32,736 in Timmonsville). Olanta has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $88,000 in Timmonsville).

Population, income & housing

	Olanta	Timmonsville
Population	703	2,153
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$32,736
Median home value	$109,000	$88,000
Median gross rent	$841	$826
Housing units	268	1,181
Homeownership rate	65.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olanta	Timmonsville
Population	527 → 703 (+33.4%)	2,412 → 2,153 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $54,375 (+77.6%)	$28,576 → $32,736 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $109,000 (+5.4%)	$67,200 → $88,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $841 (+2.7%)	$684 → $826 (+20.8%)

Olanta

Population

527703

Median household income

$30,625$54,375

Median home value

$103,400$109,000

Median gross rent

$819$841

Timmonsville

Population

2,4122,153

Median household income

$28,576$32,736

Median home value

$67,200$88,000

Median gross rent

$684$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olanta	Timmonsville
Under 5	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	21.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	13.7%
75 and over	8.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olanta	Timmonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	12.2%
Black or African American	44.2%	82.7%
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	2.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olanta	Timmonsville
No high school diploma	19.0%	22.7%
High school graduate	41.4%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olanta	Timmonsville
Drove alone	92.5%	89.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	3.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olanta	Timmonsville
1-unit, detached	93.7%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Olanta	Timmonsville
Poverty rate	23.6%	36.2%
Average household size	2.94	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1967	1980