Hopkins vs Olympia

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

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

Hopkins has the higher population (1,962 vs 1,301 in Olympia). Olympia has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $77,300 in Hopkins). Since 2019, Olympia's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs -27.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Hopkins	Olympia
Population	1,962	1,301
Median age	50.6 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,464	—
Median home value	$77,300	$189,200
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,214
Housing units	947	554
Homeownership rate	81.4%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	33.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopkins	Olympia
Population	2,719 → 1,962 (-27.8%)	1,098 → 1,301 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$49,919 → $49,464 (-0.9%)	—
Median home value	$87,400 → $77,300 (-11.6%)	$157,400 → $189,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,016 (-10.9%)	$870 → $1,214 (+39.5%)

Hopkins

Population

2,7191,962

Median household income

$49,919$49,464

Median home value

$87,400$77,300

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,016

Olympia

Population

1,0981,301

Median home value

$157,400$189,200

Median gross rent

$870$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopkins	Olympia
Under 5	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	6.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	55.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	5.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	0.8%
75 and over	8.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopkins	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	75.0%
Black or African American	80.9%	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	0.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopkins	Olympia
No high school diploma	14.1%	33.0%
High school graduate	32.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopkins	Olympia
Drove alone	64.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	0.0%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopkins	Olympia
1-unit, detached	47.0%	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	53.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopkins	Olympia
Poverty rate	19.5%	86.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1987	1944