Mount Olive vs Virden

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

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

Virden has the higher population (3,165 vs 1,979 in Mount Olive). Virden has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $55,139 in Mount Olive). Virden has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $96,600 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Olive	Virden
Population	1,979	3,165
Median age	50.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,139	$78,750
Median home value	$96,600	$98,800
Median gross rent	$698	$785
Housing units	1,057	1,387
Homeownership rate	74.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Olive	Virden
Population	2,062 → 1,979 (-4.0%)	3,514 → 3,165 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$50,865 → $55,139 (+8.4%)	$50,938 → $78,750 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $96,600 (+31.1%)	$93,000 → $98,800 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $698 (+1.2%)	$654 → $785 (+20.0%)

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

Virden

Population

3,5143,165

Median household income

$50,938$78,750

Median home value

$93,000$98,800

Median gross rent

$654$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Olive	Virden
Under 5	3.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	3.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	19.7%	10.9%
75 and over	8.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Olive	Virden
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	99.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Olive	Virden
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	39.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Olive	Virden
Drove alone	96.8%	71.3%
Carpooled	1.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Olive	Virden
1-unit, detached	78.6%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Olive	Virden
Poverty rate	14.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1949	1946