Olympia Fields vs Robbins

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

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

Robbins has the higher population (4,956 vs 4,636 in Olympia Fields). Olympia Fields has the higher median household income ($107,656 vs $37,594 in Robbins). Olympia Fields has the higher median home value ($289,900 vs $114,200 in Robbins).

Population, income & housing

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
Population	4,636	4,956
Median age	45.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,656	$37,594
Median home value	$289,900	$114,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,188
Housing units	2,013	2,016
Homeownership rate	85.9%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
Population	4,821 → 4,636 (-3.8%)	5,037 → 4,956 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$98,977 → $107,656 (+8.8%)	$27,209 → $37,594 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $289,900 (+28.0%)	$76,400 → $114,200 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,866 → $3,501 (+87.6%)	$894 → $1,188 (+32.9%)

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

Robbins

Population

5,0374,956

Median household income

$27,209$37,594

Median home value

$76,400$114,200

Median gross rent

$894$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.5%
75 and over	17.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	4.4%
Black or African American	77.8%	85.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
No high school diploma	2.7%	23.0%
High school graduate	14.5%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
Drove alone	57.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	15.8%	3.6%
Public transit	9.8%	6.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	26.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
1-unit, detached	82.7%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olympia Fields	Robbins
Poverty rate	12.7%	33.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1979	1962