Arcadia Lakes vs Olympia

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

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

Olympia has the higher population (1,301 vs 843 in Arcadia Lakes). Arcadia Lakes has the higher median home value ($343,100 vs $189,200 in Olympia). Since 2019, Olympia's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs +11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
Population	843	1,301
Median age	63.9 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,000	—
Median home value	$343,100	$189,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,214
Housing units	397	554
Homeownership rate	91.4%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.3%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
Population	759 → 843 (+11.1%)	1,098 → 1,301 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$115,000 → $96,000 (-16.5%)	—
Median home value	$297,400 → $343,100 (+15.4%)	$157,400 → $189,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $1,347 (+118.3%)	$870 → $1,214 (+39.5%)

Arcadia Lakes

Population

759843

Median household income

$115,000$96,000

Median home value

$297,400$343,100

Median gross rent

$617$1,347

Olympia

Population

1,0981,301

Median home value

$157,400$189,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
Under 5	0.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	7.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	55.4%
25 to 34	5.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	5.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	33.6%	0.8%
75 and over	15.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.9%
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%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
No high school diploma	2.2%	33.0%
High school graduate	7.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	46.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
Drove alone	62.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
1-unit, detached	97.7%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia Lakes	Olympia
Poverty rate	2.8%	86.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1970	1944