Eastover vs Olympia

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

Eastover 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 566 in Eastover). Olympia has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $110,400 in Eastover). Since 2019, Olympia's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs -24.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Eastover	Olympia
Population	566	1,301
Median age	47.0 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$22,750	—
Median home value	$110,400	$189,200
Median gross rent	$680	$1,214
Housing units	359	554
Homeownership rate	57.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastover	Olympia
Population	749 → 566 (-24.4%)	1,098 → 1,301 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$14,940 → $22,750 (+52.3%)	—
Median home value	$67,500 → $110,400 (+63.6%)	$157,400 → $189,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$390 → $680 (+74.4%)	$870 → $1,214 (+39.5%)

Eastover

Population

749566

Median household income

$14,940$22,750

Median home value

$67,500$110,400

Median gross rent

$390$680

Olympia

Population

1,0981,301

Median home value

$157,400$189,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastover	Olympia
Under 5	3.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	55.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	5.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	25.8%	0.8%
75 and over	12.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastover	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	13.4%	75.0%
Black or African American	81.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastover	Olympia
No high school diploma	28.8%	33.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastover	Olympia
Drove alone	54.1%	84.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	15.4%
Public transit	12.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	0.0%
Other means	13.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastover	Olympia
1-unit, detached	65.7%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	23.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastover	Olympia
Poverty rate	33.3%	86.2%
Average household size	1.80	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1974	1944