Noble vs Olney

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

Noble 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 630 in Noble). Olney has the higher median household income ($57,997 vs $43,977 in Noble). Olney has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $54,400 in Noble).

Population, income & housing

	Noble	Olney
Population	630	8,864
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,977	$57,997
Median home value	$54,400	$96,900
Median gross rent	$513	$769
Housing units	304	4,148
Homeownership rate	75.1%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noble	Olney
Population	671 → 630 (-6.1%)	8,723 → 8,864 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$44,271 → $43,977 (-0.7%)	$39,929 → $57,997 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$49,100 → $54,400 (+10.8%)	$86,700 → $96,900 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $513 (-3.4%)	$539 → $769 (+42.7%)

Noble

Population

671630

Median household income

$44,271$43,977

Median home value

$49,100$54,400

Median gross rent

$531$513

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)

	Noble	Olney
Under 5	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.1%
75 and over	12.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noble	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noble	Olney
No high school diploma	14.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	35.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noble	Olney
Drove alone	75.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	16.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.5%	5.7%
Other means	6.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noble	Olney
1-unit, detached	73.7%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Noble	Olney
Poverty rate	19.2%	15.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1972	1966