Capitol View vs Olympia

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

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

Capitol View has the higher population (4,161 vs 1,301 in Olympia). Olympia has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $152,700 in Capitol View). Since 2019, Olympia's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs +15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Capitol View	Olympia
Population	4,161	1,301
Median age	32.0 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,054	—
Median home value	$152,700	$189,200
Median gross rent	$1,146	$1,214
Housing units	2,150	554
Homeownership rate	41.6%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitol View	Olympia
Population	3,604 → 4,161 (+15.5%)	1,098 → 1,301 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$50,684 → $47,054 (-7.2%)	—
Median home value	$114,000 → $152,700 (+33.9%)	$157,400 → $189,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,146 (+28.9%)	$870 → $1,214 (+39.5%)

Capitol View

Population

3,6044,161

Median household income

$50,684$47,054

Median home value

$114,000$152,700

Median gross rent

$889$1,146

Olympia

Population

1,0981,301

Median home value

$157,400$189,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitol View	Olympia
Under 5	6.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	7.8%
18 to 24	14.9%	55.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	5.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	5.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	0.8%
75 and over	5.1%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitol View	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	75.0%
Black or African American	53.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitol View	Olympia
No high school diploma	10.7%	33.0%
High school graduate	27.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitol View	Olympia
Drove alone	84.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitol View	Olympia
1-unit, detached	47.0%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	23.8%
5 to 19 units	29.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Capitol View	Olympia
Poverty rate	11.7%	86.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1972	1944