Olive Branch vs Tamms

A side-by-side comparison of Olive Branch and Tamms: population, income, housing, and more.

Olive Branch and Tamms are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tamms has the higher population (532 vs 441 in Olive Branch). Tamms has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $27,250 in Olive Branch). Olive Branch has the higher median home value ($58,700 vs $57,200 in Tamms).

Population, income & housing

	Olive Branch	Tamms
Population	441	532
Median age	56.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,250	$41,250
Median home value	$58,700	$57,200
Median gross rent	—	$663
Housing units	270	268
Homeownership rate	80.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olive Branch	Tamms
Population	501 → 441 (-12.0%)	694 → 532 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $27,250 (-40.8%)	$46,250 → $41,250 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $58,700 (-27.5%)	$70,600 → $57,200 (-19.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $768 (+5.9%)	$368 → $663 (+80.2%)

Olive Branch

Population

501441

Median household income

$46,042$27,250

Median home value

$81,000$58,700

Median gross rent

$725$768

Tamms

Population

694532

Median household income

$46,250$41,250

Median home value

$70,600$57,200

Median gross rent

$368$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olive Branch	Tamms
Under 5	3.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	24.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.0%	17.5%
75 and over	11.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olive Branch	Tamms
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	60.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	34.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olive Branch	Tamms
No high school diploma	11.4%	18.5%
High school graduate	49.8%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olive Branch	Tamms
Drove alone	78.8%	65.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.3%
Other means	14.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olive Branch	Tamms
1-unit, detached	62.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Olive Branch	Tamms
Poverty rate	45.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1981	1979