Hometown vs Olympia Fields

A side-by-side comparison of Hometown and Olympia Fields: population, income, housing, and more.

Hometown and Olympia Fields are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olympia Fields has the higher population (4,636 vs 4,244 in Hometown). Olympia Fields has the higher median household income ($107,656 vs $59,265 in Hometown). Olympia Fields has the higher median home value ($289,900 vs $152,000 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
Population	4,244	4,636
Median age	40.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,265	$107,656
Median home value	$152,000	$289,900
Median gross rent	$812	$3,501
Housing units	1,916	2,013
Homeownership rate	72.7%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
Population	4,272 → 4,244 (-0.7%)	4,821 → 4,636 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$50,548 → $59,265 (+17.2%)	$98,977 → $107,656 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $152,000 (+29.8%)	$226,500 → $289,900 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$451 → $812 (+80.0%)	$1,866 → $3,501 (+87.6%)

Hometown

Population

4,2724,244

Median household income

$50,548$59,265

Median home value

$117,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$451$812

Olympia Fields

Population

4,8214,636

Median household income

$98,977$107,656

Median home value

$226,500$289,900

Median gross rent

$1,866$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.3%
75 and over	5.6%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	18.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	77.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
Drove alone	76.0%	57.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	15.8%
Public transit	8.6%	9.8%
Walked	2.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	16.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
1-unit, detached	11.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	65.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Olympia Fields
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	40
Median year structure built	1955	1979