Mount Olive vs Staunton

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

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

Staunton has the higher population (4,307 vs 1,979 in Mount Olive). Staunton has the higher median household income ($65,435 vs $55,139 in Mount Olive). Staunton has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $96,600 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Olive	Staunton
Population	1,979	4,307
Median age	50.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,139	$65,435
Median home value	$96,600	$139,500
Median gross rent	$698	$805
Housing units	1,057	2,334
Homeownership rate	74.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Olive	Staunton
Population	2,062 → 1,979 (-4.0%)	5,066 → 4,307 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$50,865 → $55,139 (+8.4%)	$46,025 → $65,435 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $96,600 (+31.1%)	$99,700 → $139,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $698 (+1.2%)	$692 → $805 (+16.3%)

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

Staunton

Population

5,0664,307

Median household income

$46,025$65,435

Median home value

$99,700$139,500

Median gross rent

$692$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Olive	Staunton
Under 5	3.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	3.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	10.9%
75 and over	8.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Olive	Staunton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Olive	Staunton
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Olive	Staunton
Drove alone	96.8%	86.3%
Carpooled	1.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Olive	Staunton
1-unit, detached	78.6%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Olive	Staunton
Poverty rate	14.8%	16.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1949	1950