Olney vs Parkersburg

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

Olney and Parkersburg 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 233 in Parkersburg). Olney has the higher median household income ($57,997 vs $42,417 in Parkersburg). Olney has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $54,300 in Parkersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Olney	Parkersburg
Population	8,864	233
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,997	$42,417
Median home value	$96,900	$54,300
Median gross rent	$769	—
Housing units	4,148	116
Homeownership rate	65.6%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olney	Parkersburg
Population	8,723 → 8,864 (+1.6%)	189 → 233 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$39,929 → $57,997 (+45.3%)	$43,333 → $42,417 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $96,900 (+11.8%)	$46,700 → $54,300 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $769 (+42.7%)	$525 → $975 (+85.7%)

Olney

Population

8,7238,864

Median household income

$39,929$57,997

Median home value

$86,700$96,900

Median gross rent

$539$769

Parkersburg

Population

189233

Median household income

$43,333$42,417

Median home value

$46,700$54,300

Median gross rent

$525$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olney	Parkersburg
Under 5	5.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.7%
75 and over	10.4%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olney	Parkersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olney	Parkersburg
No high school diploma	7.3%	35.6%
High school graduate	33.8%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olney	Parkersburg
Drove alone	81.4%	89.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olney	Parkersburg
1-unit, detached	81.5%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	53.4%

Poverty & households

	Olney	Parkersburg
Poverty rate	15.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1966	1975