Olive Branch vs Thebes

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

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

Olive Branch has the higher population (441 vs 363 in Thebes). Thebes 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 $45,000 in Thebes).

Population, income & housing

	Olive Branch	Thebes
Population	441	363
Median age	56.4 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$27,250	$41,250
Median home value	$58,700	$45,000
Median gross rent	—	$475
Housing units	270	126
Homeownership rate	80.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olive Branch	Thebes
Population	501 → 441 (-12.0%)	475 → 363 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $27,250 (-40.8%)	$35,357 → $41,250 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $58,700 (-27.5%)	$63,000 → $45,000 (-28.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $768 (+5.9%)	$242 → $475 (+96.3%)

Olive Branch

Population

501441

Median household income

$46,042$27,250

Median home value

$81,000$58,700

Median gross rent

$725$768

Thebes

Population

475363

Median household income

$35,357$41,250

Median home value

$63,000$45,000

Median gross rent

$242$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olive Branch	Thebes
Under 5	3.6%	13.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	5.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	5.8%
55 to 64	24.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	6.3%
75 and over	11.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olive Branch	Thebes
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olive Branch	Thebes
No high school diploma	11.4%	18.0%
High school graduate	49.8%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olive Branch	Thebes
Drove alone	78.8%	68.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.1%
Other means	14.4%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olive Branch	Thebes
1-unit, detached	62.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Olive Branch	Thebes
Poverty rate	45.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.41	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1981	1972