Bunker Hill vs Mount Olive

A side-by-side comparison of Bunker Hill and Mount Olive: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Olive has the higher population (1,979 vs 1,305 in Bunker Hill). Bunker Hill has the higher median household income ($72,893 vs $55,139 in Mount Olive). Bunker Hill has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $96,600 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
Population	1,305	1,979
Median age	39.8 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,893	$55,139
Median home value	$133,700	$96,600
Median gross rent	$925	$698
Housing units	632	1,057
Homeownership rate	76.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
Population	1,711 → 1,305 (-23.7%)	2,062 → 1,979 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $72,893 (+40.9%)	$50,865 → $55,139 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $133,700 (+40.6%)	$73,700 → $96,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $925 (+36.2%)	$690 → $698 (+1.2%)

Bunker Hill

Population

1,7111,305

Median household income

$51,750$72,893

Median home value

$95,100$133,700

Median gross rent

$679$925

Mount Olive

Population

2,0621,979

Median household income

$50,865$55,139

Median home value

$73,700$96,600

Median gross rent

$690$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
Under 5	7.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	19.7%
75 and over	6.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
Drove alone	82.4%	96.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.9%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	81.2%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Bunker Hill	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	8.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1962	1949