Mounds vs Olmsted

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

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

Mounds has the higher population (855 vs 257 in Olmsted). Olmsted has the higher median household income ($34,375 vs $27,333 in Mounds). Since 2019, Mounds's population has grown faster (+2.0% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds	Olmsted
Population	855	257
Median age	36.5 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$27,333	$34,375
Median gross rent	$559	$775
Housing units	557	130
Homeownership rate	49.7%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds	Olmsted
Population	838 → 855 (+2.0%)	486 → 257 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$21,974 → $27,333 (+24.4%)	$24,250 → $34,375 (+41.8%)
Median home value	$24,700 → $26,500 (+7.3%)	$66,500 → $77,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $559 (+18.9%)	$479 → $775 (+61.8%)

Mounds

Population

838855

Median household income

$21,974$27,333

Median home value

$24,700$26,500

Median gross rent

$470$559

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)

	Mounds	Olmsted
Under 5	7.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	7.4%
18 to 24	14.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	1.5%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	3.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	19.5%
75 and over	9.7%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds	Olmsted
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	73.2%
Black or African American	92.5%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds	Olmsted
No high school diploma	31.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds	Olmsted
Drove alone	87.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds	Olmsted
1-unit, detached	69.1%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Mounds	Olmsted
Poverty rate	46.6%	16.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1966	1972