Arcadia Lakes vs Gadsden

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia Lakes and Gadsden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gadsden has the higher population (1,131 vs 843 in Arcadia Lakes). Arcadia Lakes has the higher median household income ($96,000 vs $54,464 in Gadsden). Arcadia Lakes has the higher median home value ($343,100 vs $98,300 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
Population	843	1,131
Median age	63.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,000	$54,464
Median home value	$343,100	$98,300
Housing units	397	470
Homeownership rate	91.4%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
Population	759 → 843 (+11.1%)	1,668 → 1,131 (-32.2%)
Median household income	$115,000 → $96,000 (-16.5%)	$32,308 → $54,464 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$297,400 → $343,100 (+15.4%)	$49,300 → $98,300 (+99.4%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $1,347 (+118.3%)	—

Arcadia Lakes

Population

759843

Median household income

$115,000$96,000

Median home value

$297,400$343,100

Median gross rent

$617$1,347

Gadsden

Population

1,6681,131

Median household income

$32,308$54,464

Median home value

$49,300$98,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	1.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	33.6%	9.5%
75 and over	15.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	7.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	91.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
No high school diploma	2.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	7.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	46.3%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
Drove alone	62.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
1-unit, detached	97.7%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	56.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia Lakes	Gadsden
Poverty rate	2.8%	24.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1970	1991