Olive Branch vs Unity

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

Olive Branch and Unity 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 153 in Unity). Since 2019, Unity's population has grown faster (+146.8% vs -12.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Olive Branch	Unity
Population	441	153
Median age	56.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$27,250	—
Median home value	$58,700	—
Housing units	270	49
Homeownership rate	80.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	73.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olive Branch	Unity
Population	501 → 441 (-12.0%)	62 → 153 (+146.8%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $27,250 (-40.8%)	$59,464 → $58,958 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $58,700 (-27.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$725 → $768 (+5.9%)	—

Olive Branch

Population

501441

Median household income

$46,042$27,250

Median home value

$81,000$58,700

Median gross rent

$725$768

Unity

Population

62153

Median household income

$59,464$58,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olive Branch	Unity
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	23.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	19.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	15.0%	20.9%
75 and over	11.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olive Branch	Unity
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	76.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olive Branch	Unity
No high school diploma	11.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.8%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olive Branch	Unity
Drove alone	78.8%	94.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	14.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olive Branch	Unity
1-unit, detached	62.6%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Olive Branch	Unity
Poverty rate	45.1%	5.9%
Average household size	2.41	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1981	1981