Girard vs Mount Olive

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

Girard 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 1,740 in Girard). Mount Olive has the higher median household income ($55,139 vs $40,250 in Girard). Mount Olive has the higher median home value ($96,600 vs $96,300 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Girard	Mount Olive
Population	1,740	1,979
Median age	40.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,250	$55,139
Median home value	$96,300	$96,600
Median gross rent	$775	$698
Housing units	855	1,057
Homeownership rate	49.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girard	Mount Olive
Population	1,894 → 1,740 (-8.1%)	2,062 → 1,979 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$44,469 → $40,250 (-9.5%)	$50,865 → $55,139 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $96,300 (+39.2%)	$73,700 → $96,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $775 (+2.5%)	$690 → $698 (+1.2%)

Girard

Population

1,8941,740

Median household income

$44,469$40,250

Median home value

$69,200$96,300

Median gross rent

$756$775

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)

	Girard	Mount Olive
Under 5	6.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	3.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	19.7%
75 and over	5.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girard	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girard	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	14.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	51.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girard	Mount Olive
Drove alone	79.4%	96.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	1.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girard	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	80.7%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Girard	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	30.3%	14.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1955	1949