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Bamberg County

Population in July 2007: 214. Population change since 2000: -8.0%
 

Males: 94  (44.3%)
Females: 120  (55.7%)
Median resident age:  48.6 years
South Carolina median age:  35.4 years

Zip codes: 29843.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $28,200 (it was $31,250 in 2000)
Olar  $28,200
South Carolina:  $43,329

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $53,000 (it was $53,300 in 2000)
Olar  $53,000
South Carolina:  $133,900

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Races in Olar:

  • White Non-Hispanic (52.3%)
  • Black (46.4%)

2008 cost of living index in Olar: 75.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (15.6%), German (6.3%), Irish (3.8%), United States (3.4%), Subsaharan African (2.1%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 206 feet

Land area: 0.79 square miles.

Population density: 272 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Olar

  • High school or higher: 65.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
  • Unemployed: 13.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Olar town

  • Never married: 24.8%
  • Now married: 54.0%
  • Separated: 5.9%
  • Widowed: 8.4%
  • Divorced: 6.9%

1 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.4%
South Carolina:  2.9%



According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Olar, South Carolina in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Olar to the number of sex offenders is 36 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Olar:  0.6% ($300)
South Carolina:  0.5% ($510)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Columbia, SC (59.1 miles , pop. 116,278).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (142.3 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (628.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Govan, SC (2.9 miles) , Ulmer, SC (6.0 miles) , Hilda, SC (7.8 miles ), Sycamore, SC (10.1 miles) , Denmark, SC (10.2 miles ), Kline, SC (11.6 miles ), Barnwell, SC (13.1 miles ), Ehrhardt, SC (13.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 33.18 N, Longitude: 81.18 W


Area code: 803

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Population change in the 1990s: -153 (-39.2%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (25%)
  • Utilities (14%)
  • Social assistance (11%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (7%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (18%)
  • Personal and laundry services (15%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Wood products (6%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
  • Painters and paperhangers (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Religious workers (7%)
  • Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers (7%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (15%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (15%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (15%)
  • Top executives (9%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Engineers (6%)


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Crime in Olar (2003):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 2 assaults (865.8 per 100,000)
  • 8 burglaries (3463.2 per 100,000)
  • 3 thefts (1298.7 per 100,000)
  • 1 auto theft (432.9 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 502.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 321.8)

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Olar-area historical tornado activity is near South Carolina state average. It is 18% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/23/1983, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 18.3 miles away from the Olar town center injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/15/1999, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 4.2 miles away from the town center .


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Hospitals/medical centers near Olar:
  • BARNWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; BARNWELL, SC)
  • BAMBERG COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; BAMBERG, SC)
  • ALLENDALE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; FAIRFAX, SC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Olar:
  • COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN (about 52 miles; COLUMBIA, SC; ID: CAE)
  • AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FIELD (about 55 miles; AUGUSTA, GA; ID: AGS)
  • MC ENTIRE ANGS (about 58 miles; EASTOVER, SC; ID: MMT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Olar:
  • BAMBERG COUNTY (about 11 miles; BAMBERG, SC; ID: 99N)
  • BARNWELL COUNTY (about 15 miles; BARNWELL, SC; ID: BNL)
  • ALLENDALE COUNTY (about 15 miles; ALLENDALE, SC; ID: 88J)

Amtrak station near Olar:
  • 11 miles: DENMARK (200 W. BARUCH ST.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Olar:
  • SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; ORANGEBURG, SC; Full-time enrollment: 3,971)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT AIKEN (about 44 miles; AIKEN, SC; FT enrollment: 2,636)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA (about 58 miles; COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 19,682)
  • MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 59 miles; COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 5,958)
  • AUGUSTA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 60 miles; AUGUSTA, GA; FT enrollment: 2,300)
  • AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; AUGUSTA, GA; FT enrollment: 3,778)
  • BENEDICT COLLEGE (about 62 miles; COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 2,880)

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Churches in Olar include: Holiness Church (A), First Baptist Church (B), Bethel Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Hotel: Connelly Hunting Plantation & Motel (18881 Main Highway).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Olar and their reported violations in the past:

OLAR TOWN OF (Population served: 237, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
GOVAN TOWN OF (Population served: 80, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2001 and NOV-19-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-01-2001), St Compliance achieved (NOV-19-2001)
  • One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:
This town:  2.1 people
South Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  64.0%
Whole state:  69.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  3.6%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.9% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  10.3%
Whole state:  14.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  4.9%
Whole state:  6.5%

Olar compared to South Carolina state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Parks and Recreation 0$0 1$95
Streets and Highways 0$0 1$117
Other Government Administration 0$0 3$383
Firefighters 0$0 1$125
Totals for Government 0$0 6$720



Olar government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $17,000
  • Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $53,000
    Water Utilities: $13,000
    Fire Protection: $8,000
    Police Protection: $4,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $6,000
    Interest Earnings: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $100,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $10,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $33,000
  • Tax - Property: $20,000
    Public Utilities: $6,000
    NEC: $2,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $40,000

5.23% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,981 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.23%
South Carolina average:  8.00%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Orangeburg County, SC  1.00% ($25,840 average AGI)
from Barnwell County, SC  0.62% ($17,194)
from Lexington County, SC  0.34% ($19,941)


6.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,532 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.58%
South Carolina average:  6.88%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Orangeburg County, SC  1.42% ($48,958 average AGI)
to Barnwell County, SC  0.81% ($30,073)
to Richland County, SC  0.55% ($40,393)


Strongest AM radio stations in Olar:
  • WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
  • WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
  • WRIT (790 AM; 1 kW; BAMBERG-DENMARK, SC; Owner: VOORHEES COLLEGE)
  • WIQB (1050 AM; 25 kW; CONWAY, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WQIZ (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. GEORGE, SC; Owner: RADIO PROPERTIES, LLC)
  • WDOG (1460 AM; daytime; 1 kW; ALLENDALE, SC; Owner: GOOD RADIO BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WLGO (1170 AM; daytime; 10 kW; LEXINGTON, SC; Owner: LEVAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
  • WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
  • WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WVOC (560 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Olar:
  • WBAW-FM (99.1 FM; BARNWELL, SC; Owner: BULLIE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WIIZ (97.9 FM; BLACKVILLE, SC; Owner: NICWILD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WDOG-FM (93.5 FM; ALLENDALE, SC; Owner: GOOD RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WAFJ (88.3 FM; BELVEDERE, SC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WWBD (95.7 FM; BAMBERG, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WZNY (105.7 FM; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAAW (94.7 FM; WILLISTON, SC; Owner: FRANK NEELY)
  • WIGL (102.9 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WGFG (105.1 FM; BRANCHVILLE, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WBHC-FM (92.1 FM; HAMPTON, SC; Owner: HAMPTON COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Olar:
  • WEBA-TV (Channel 14; ALLENDALE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WJBF (Channel 6; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WAGT (Channel 26; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WAGT TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WRDW-TV (Channel 12; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WRDW LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WJWJ-TV (Channel 16; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)




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