Karnak vs Olmsted

A side-by-side comparison of Karnak and Olmsted: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Karnak has the higher population (507 vs 257 in Olmsted). Karnak has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $34,375 in Olmsted). Since 2019, Karnak's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Karnak	Olmsted
Population	507	257
Median age	42.2 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	$34,375
Median home value	$66,700	—
Median gross rent	$708	$775
Housing units	195	130
Homeownership rate	77.6%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karnak	Olmsted
Population	481 → 507 (+5.4%)	486 → 257 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $41,458 (+35.8%)	$24,250 → $34,375 (+41.8%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $66,700 (+28.8%)	$66,500 → $77,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $708 (+32.8%)	$479 → $775 (+61.8%)

Karnak

Population

481507

Median household income

$30,536$41,458

Median home value

$51,800$66,700

Median gross rent

$533$708

Olmsted

Population

486257

Median household income

$24,250$34,375

Median home value

$66,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$479$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karnak	Olmsted
Under 5	3.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	7.4%
18 to 24	19.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	3.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	19.5%
75 and over	6.3%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karnak	Olmsted
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	73.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	19.1%
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	13.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karnak	Olmsted
No high school diploma	11.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	50.9%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karnak	Olmsted
Drove alone	84.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	10.1%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.4%
Other means	4.3%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karnak	Olmsted
1-unit, detached	71.8%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Karnak	Olmsted
Poverty rate	30.4%	16.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1959	1972