Olmsted vs Pulaski

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

Olmsted and Pulaski 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 230 in Pulaski). Olmsted has the higher median household income ($34,375 vs $31,290 in Pulaski). Since 2019, Pulaski's population has grown faster (-15.1% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Olmsted	Pulaski
Population	257	230
Median age	57.4 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$34,375	$31,290
Median home value	—	$84,400
Median gross rent	$775	$669
Housing units	130	152
Homeownership rate	71.1%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olmsted	Pulaski
Population	486 → 257 (-47.1%)	271 → 230 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$24,250 → $34,375 (+41.8%)	$35,694 → $31,290 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $77,500 (+16.5%)	$44,400 → $84,400 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $775 (+61.8%)	$566 → $669 (+18.2%)

Olmsted

Population

486257

Median household income

$24,250$34,375

Median home value

$66,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$479$775

Pulaski

Population

271230

Median household income

$35,694$31,290

Median home value

$44,400$84,400

Median gross rent

$566$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olmsted	Pulaski
Under 5	5.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	4.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	3.5%	1.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	22.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	27.8%
65 to 74	19.5%	20.0%
75 and over	18.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olmsted	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	56.1%
Black or African American	19.1%	40.9%
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	7.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olmsted	Pulaski
No high school diploma	11.9%	18.9%
High school graduate	57.1%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olmsted	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	80.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Olmsted	Pulaski
Poverty rate	16.0%	20.4%
Average household size	2.86	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1972	1956