Blythewood vs Olympia

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

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

Blythewood has the higher population (5,309 vs 1,301 in Olympia). Blythewood has the higher median home value ($368,300 vs $189,200 in Olympia). Since 2019, Blythewood's population has grown faster (+59.7% vs +18.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Blythewood	Olympia
Population	5,309	1,301
Median age	44.0 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,583	—
Median home value	$368,300	$189,200
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,214
Housing units	2,108	554
Homeownership rate	81.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythewood	Olympia
Population	3,324 → 5,309 (+59.7%)	1,098 → 1,301 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$104,049 → $105,583 (+1.5%)	—
Median home value	$284,900 → $368,300 (+29.3%)	$157,400 → $189,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $1,083 (-39.6%)	$870 → $1,214 (+39.5%)

Blythewood

Population

3,3245,309

Median household income

$104,049$105,583

Median home value

$284,900$368,300

Median gross rent

$1,792$1,083

Olympia

Population

1,0981,301

Median home value

$157,400$189,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythewood	Olympia
Under 5	5.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	7.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	55.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	5.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	0.8%
75 and over	5.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythewood	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	40.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythewood	Olympia
No high school diploma	3.6%	33.0%
High school graduate	13.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythewood	Olympia
Drove alone	71.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythewood	Olympia
1-unit, detached	90.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blythewood	Olympia
Poverty rate	3.6%	86.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2010	1944