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SheetIL-OLYMPIA-FIELDS-IL · Olympia Fields, IL 4,636 pop · income 82nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Olympia Fields
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Olympia Fields on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fairfield · lowest
41,026
Fairfield · lowest
41,026 median HH income
22.1% of the leader · rank #1
Renningers · near
107,632
Renningers · near
107,632 median HH income
57.9% of the leader · rank #2
Copperopolis · near
107,643
Copperopolis · near
107,643 median HH income
57.9% of the leader · rank #3
Olympia Fields · this city
107,656
Olympia Fields · this city
107,656 median HH income
57.9% of the leader · rank #4
Prairie · near
107,664
Prairie · near
107,664 median HH income
58.0% of the leader · rank #5
Avery Creek · near
107,684
Avery Creek · near
107,684 median HH income
58.0% of the leader · rank #6
Lakewood · highest
185,774
Lakewood · highest
185,774 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Olympia Fields on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,636.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Olympia Fields - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Olympia Fields places in the 82nd percentile for household income and the 5th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
82nd
percentile, household income
63rd
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
5th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Olympia Fields, IL
Illinois's Olympia Fields is a small town, with 4,636 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Olympia Fields brings in $107,656 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.2%. Olympia Fields's housing stock carries a median value of $289,900, and the median resident age is 45.0 years. About 48.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Olympia Fields (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Olympia Fields's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 4651.2 in FBI UCR data, above the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,063 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Illinois's average monthly utility costs around $240 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 54.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Olympia Fields's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to population change to reported crime to schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Olympia Fields, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Olympia Fields?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Olympia Fields growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -120 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Olympia Fields?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 4651.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 104% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Olympia Fields?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Watseka (4,630 residents, $42,794 income); Fairfield (4,658 residents, $41,026 income); Tuscola (4,675 residents, $77,034 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Clarcona, FL (4,636 residents); American Falls, ID (4,636 residents); Buckingham, FL (4,637 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Olympia Fields?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 48.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
6.2%
Bachelor's degree+
48.9%
Matched public schools
2
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in Olympia Fields?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 57.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
57.4%
Work from home
16.6%
Public transit
9.8%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,858 workers age 16+.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
C+
City profile score · Olympia Fields, IL
61/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$107,656
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime D
224 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Olympia Fields profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 48.9%
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $107,656
Poverty rate: 58/100 (C) · 6.2%
Violent crime: 44/100 (D) · 224 /100k
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Olympia Fields sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Olympia Fields's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Olympia Fields highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Olympia Fields, IL (this city): home $289,900, crime 4,651/100k
American Falls, ID : home $172,800, crime 556/100k
Rogersville, TN : home $183,600, crime 1,817/100k
Columbiana, AL : home $237,800, crime 1,181/100k
Watseka, IL : home $104,400, crime 1,548/100k
Fairfield, IL : home $91,800, crime 3,237/100k
Tuscola, IL : home $148,100, crime 891/100k
Lakewood, IL : home $518,500, crime 281/100k
Cortland, IL : home $203,700, crime 509/100k
How does Olympia Fields compare to other US cities?
Olympia Fields measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value63% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety5% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Illinois alone, Olympia Fields ranks #444 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Olympia Fields against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Olympia Fields near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Olympia Fields ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Olympia Fields only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#169 of 1,311
87th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#167 of 1,315
87th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#746 of 1,335
44th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#119 of 1,336
91st percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income · 5th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Olympia Fields's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Olympia Fields's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Olympia Fields's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$289,90037th percentilemore affordable than 37% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Olympia Fields's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,998 of 15,516
More affordable than 68% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,389 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.7×, Olympia Fields sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,998 of 15,516 and #4,389 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$107,656Olympia Fields, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Olympia Fields, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Olympia Fields, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,636
Median Income
$107,656
Median Home Value
$289,900
Median Age
45.0
Poverty Rate
6.2%
Labor force participation
52.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
4651.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
223.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
4427.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Olympia Fields's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,713 residents
2021
4,634 residents
2022
4,573 residents
2023
4,566 residents
2024
4,598 residents
2025
4,593 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
7
7
0
$1.9M
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
2
0
2
$0.4M
2022
2
0
2
$0.4M
2023
2
0
2
$0.4M
2024
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
57.4%
Carpool
15.8%
Public Transit
9.8%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
16.6%
Based on 1,858 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Olympia Fields. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Olympia Fields is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Olympia Fields sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Olympia Fields compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.