Arthurtown vs Olympia

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

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

Arthurtown has the higher population (3,063 vs 1,301 in Olympia). Olympia has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $98,800 in Arthurtown). Since 2019, Olympia's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs +9.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Arthurtown	Olympia
Population	3,063	1,301
Median age	21.8 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,820	—
Median home value	$98,800	$189,200
Median gross rent	$874	$1,214
Housing units	1,474	554
Homeownership rate	23.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthurtown	Olympia
Population	2,793 → 3,063 (+9.7%)	1,098 → 1,301 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$26,307 → $19,820 (-24.7%)	—
Median home value	$58,900 → $98,800 (+67.7%)	$157,400 → $189,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $874 (+2.6%)	$870 → $1,214 (+39.5%)

Arthurtown

Population

2,7933,063

Median household income

$26,307$19,820

Median home value

$58,900$98,800

Median gross rent

$852$874

Olympia

Population

1,0981,301

Median home value

$157,400$189,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arthurtown	Olympia
Under 5	2.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	4.1%	7.8%
18 to 24	70.5%	55.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	2.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	2.5%	5.0%
55 to 64	3.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	2.7%	0.8%
75 and over	2.1%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthurtown	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	75.0%
Black or African American	46.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthurtown	Olympia
No high school diploma	5.2%	33.0%
High school graduate	52.8%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthurtown	Olympia
Drove alone	78.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	15.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthurtown	Olympia
1-unit, detached	22.5%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	23.8%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	40.2%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arthurtown	Olympia
Poverty rate	64.5%	86.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	2004	1944