Claremont vs Olney

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

Claremont 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 147 in Claremont). Olney has the higher median household income ($57,997 vs $38,250 in Claremont). Olney has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $46,500 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Olney
Population	147	8,864
Median age	49.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,250	$57,997
Median home value	$46,500	$96,900
Median gross rent	$765	$769
Housing units	97	4,148
Homeownership rate	82.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Olney
Population	207 → 147 (-29.0%)	8,723 → 8,864 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$46,458 → $38,250 (-17.7%)	$39,929 → $57,997 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $46,500 (-38.5%)	$86,700 → $96,900 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $765 (+22.4%)	$539 → $769 (+42.7%)

Claremont

Population

207147

Median household income

$46,458$38,250

Median home value

$75,600$46,500

Median gross rent

$625$765

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)

	Claremont	Olney
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	4.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.1%
75 and over	10.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	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	0.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Olney
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Olney
Drove alone	85.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Olney
1-unit, detached	71.1%	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	28.9%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Olney
Poverty rate	29.3%	15.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1973	1966