Olympia Fields vs Palos Park

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

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

Palos Park has the higher population (4,832 vs 4,636 in Olympia Fields). Palos Park has the higher median household income ($126,263 vs $107,656 in Olympia Fields). Palos Park has the higher median home value ($469,900 vs $289,900 in Olympia Fields).

Population, income & housing

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
Population	4,636	4,832
Median age	45.0 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,656	$126,263
Median home value	$289,900	$469,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	2,013	2,208
Homeownership rate	85.9%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
Population	4,821 → 4,636 (-3.8%)	4,842 → 4,832 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$98,977 → $107,656 (+8.8%)	$102,361 → $126,263 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $289,900 (+28.0%)	$418,600 → $469,900 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,866 → $3,501 (+87.6%)	$1,668 → $1,574 (-5.6%)

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

Palos Park

Population

4,8424,832

Median household income

$102,361$126,263

Median home value

$418,600$469,900

Median gross rent

$1,668$1,574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
Under 5	5.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	5.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	22.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	23.0%
75 and over	17.6%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	77.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	14.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
Drove alone	57.4%	61.5%
Carpooled	15.8%	4.8%
Public transit	9.8%	2.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	29.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
1-unit, detached	82.7%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	7.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olympia Fields	Palos Park
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	40	31
Median year structure built	1979	1974