PlainZIP

Olar, SC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Olar, SC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,291. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet OLAR-SC · Olar, SC 1 ZIPs · 1,291 pop · #24415/25278 · Bamberg County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $35,986
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24415/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Ehrhardt
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 91% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,291
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $77,700

Nearest income peer: Ehrhardt, SC (+ $2,161 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Olar

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Olar on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Olar, SC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,291
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$35,986
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($35,986 average) · poverty 23.1%. The primary code (29843) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within South Carolina, Converse is the closest lower-income city and Lynchburg the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Olar.

Population concentration

Olar's single ZIP 29843 carries the town

Olar is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 29843 is the entire residential footprint (1,291 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Olar's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 21 establishments, 128 employees , annual payroll $3,645k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 29843 (21 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (6) · also Retail trade · Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .

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ZIP Codes in Olar, SC

These ZIP codes sit in Bamberg County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Olar. See the Bamberg County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Bamberg County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Olar, Bamberg, Denmark and Ehrhardt among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bamberg marks the far end of that range at $52,624, 46% above Olar.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
29843 1,291 $35,986 21 8
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Olar roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Olar, .