Calhoun vs Olney

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun and Olney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olney has the higher population (8,864 vs 219 in Calhoun). Calhoun has the higher median household income ($84,063 vs $57,997 in Olney). Olney has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $51,200 in Calhoun).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun	Olney
Population	219	8,864
Median age	31.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,063	$57,997
Median home value	$51,200	$96,900
Median gross rent	—	$769
Housing units	89	4,148
Homeownership rate	91.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun	Olney
Population	135 → 219 (+62.2%)	8,723 → 8,864 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $84,063 (+86.8%)	$39,929 → $57,997 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$46,300 → $51,200 (+10.6%)	$86,700 → $96,900 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $781 (+12.9%)	$539 → $769 (+42.7%)

Calhoun

Population

135219

Median household income

$45,000$84,063

Median home value

$46,300$51,200

Median gross rent

$692$781

Olney

Population

8,7238,864

Median household income

$39,929$57,997

Median home value

$86,700$96,900

Median gross rent

$539$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun	Olney
Under 5	6.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	24.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	3.2%	10.1%
75 and over	3.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun	Olney
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun	Olney
Drove alone	84.6%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.4%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun	Olney
1-unit, detached	87.6%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun	Olney
Poverty rate	6.1%	15.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1954	1966