Arcadia vs Hilltop

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Hilltop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hilltop has the higher population (3,058 vs 2,724 in Arcadia). Hilltop has the higher median household income ($39,432 vs $37,574 in Arcadia). Hilltop has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $103,800 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Hilltop
Population	2,724	3,058
Median age	28.0 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,574	$39,432
Median home value	$103,800	$121,400
Median gross rent	$1,181	$1,153
Housing units	1,466	1,234
Homeownership rate	25.5%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Hilltop
Population	3,370 → 2,724 (-19.2%)	3,483 → 3,058 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$29,577 → $37,574 (+27.0%)	$36,134 → $39,432 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$41,200 → $103,800 (+151.9%)	$84,800 → $121,400 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $1,181 (+43.0%)	$961 → $1,153 (+20.0%)

Arcadia

Population

3,3702,724

Median household income

$29,577$37,574

Median home value

$41,200$103,800

Median gross rent

$826$1,181

Hilltop

Population

3,4833,058

Median household income

$36,134$39,432

Median home value

$84,800$121,400

Median gross rent

$961$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Hilltop
Under 5	9.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	26.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	4.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.7%
75 and over	1.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Hilltop
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	48.0%
Black or African American	24.2%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	8.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Hilltop
No high school diploma	34.7%	19.7%
High school graduate	23.4%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Hilltop
Drove alone	90.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Hilltop
1-unit, detached	32.6%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	5.3%
20 or more units	29.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Hilltop
Poverty rate	27.8%	17.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	2001	1966