New Grand Chain vs Olmsted

A side-by-side comparison of New Grand Chain and Olmsted: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olmsted has the higher population (257 vs 144 in New Grand Chain). Olmsted has the higher median household income ($34,375 vs $31,250 in New Grand Chain). Since 2019, New Grand Chain's population has grown faster (-22.2% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
Population	144	257
Median age	45.6 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$34,375
Median home value	$52,500	—
Median gross rent	$494	$775
Housing units	102	130
Homeownership rate	58.2%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
Population	185 → 144 (-22.2%)	486 → 257 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$41,136 → $31,250 (-24.0%)	$24,250 → $34,375 (+41.8%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $52,500 (-25.0%)	$66,500 → $77,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $494 (-42.8%)	$479 → $775 (+61.8%)

New Grand Chain

Population

185144

Median household income

$41,136$31,250

Median home value

$70,000$52,500

Median gross rent

$863$494

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)

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	3.5%	7.4%
18 to 24	18.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	6.3%	3.5%
45 to 54	21.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	19.5%
75 and over	13.2%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	73.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
No high school diploma	4.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
Drove alone	88.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	7.4%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
1-unit, detached	64.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	New Grand Chain	Olmsted
Poverty rate	15.3%	16.0%
Average household size	1.82	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1963	1972