Gadsden vs Olympia

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

Gadsden 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 1,131 in Gadsden). Olympia has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $98,300 in Gadsden). Since 2019, Olympia's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs -32.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Olympia
Population	1,131	1,301
Median age	42.5 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,464	—
Median home value	$98,300	$189,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,214
Housing units	470	554
Homeownership rate	85.3%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Olympia
Population	1,668 → 1,131 (-32.2%)	1,098 → 1,301 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$32,308 → $54,464 (+68.6%)	—
Median home value	$49,300 → $98,300 (+99.4%)	$157,400 → $189,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$870 → $1,214 (+39.5%)

Gadsden

Population

1,6681,131

Median household income

$32,308$54,464

Median home value

$49,300$98,300

Olympia

Population

1,0981,301

Median home value

$157,400$189,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden	Olympia
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	21.6%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	55.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	5.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.8%
75 and over	10.5%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	75.0%
Black or African American	91.5%	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	1.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Olympia
No high school diploma	13.2%	33.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Olympia
Drove alone	81.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	15.5%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	Olympia
1-unit, detached	44.0%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	56.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Olympia
Poverty rate	24.0%	86.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1991	1944