Carlinville vs Mount Olive

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

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

Carlinville has the higher population (5,574 vs 1,979 in Mount Olive). Mount Olive has the higher median household income ($55,139 vs $52,738 in Carlinville). Carlinville has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $96,600 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
Population	5,574	1,979
Median age	41.5 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,738	$55,139
Median home value	$108,000	$96,600
Median gross rent	$736	$698
Housing units	2,432	1,057
Homeownership rate	63.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
Population	5,540 → 5,574 (+0.6%)	2,062 → 1,979 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$43,693 → $52,738 (+20.7%)	$50,865 → $55,139 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $108,000 (+17.9%)	$73,700 → $96,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $736 (-7.5%)	$690 → $698 (+1.2%)

Carlinville

Population

5,5405,574

Median household income

$43,693$52,738

Median home value

$91,600$108,000

Median gross rent

$796$736

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)

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
Under 5	4.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	19.7%
75 and over	11.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	96.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	18.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
Drove alone	83.7%	96.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	70.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Carlinville	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	25.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1969	1949