Muncie vs Olivet

A side-by-side comparison of Muncie and Olivet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olivet has the higher population (156 vs 144 in Muncie). Olivet has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $76,700 in Muncie). Since 2019, Muncie's population has grown faster (+18.0% vs -56.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Muncie	Olivet
Population	144	156
Median age	53.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	—
Median home value	$76,700	$129,500
Housing units	76	112
Homeownership rate	94.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muncie	Olivet
Population	122 → 144 (+18.0%)	355 → 156 (-56.1%)
Median household income	$43,250 → $78,750 (+82.1%)	$38,281 → $67,778 (+77.1%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $76,700 (+39.5%)	$69,000 → $129,500 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $725 (+16.0%)	$687 → $692 (+0.7%)

Muncie

Population

122144

Median household income

$43,250$78,750

Median home value

$55,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$625$725

Olivet

Population

355156

Median household income

$38,281$67,778

Median home value

$69,000$129,500

Median gross rent

$687$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muncie	Olivet
Under 5	2.1%	14.7%
5 to 17	7.6%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	26.3%
45 to 54	16.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	5.8%
65 to 74	28.5%	18.6%
75 and over	3.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muncie	Olivet
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	2.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muncie	Olivet
No high school diploma	3.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muncie	Olivet
Drove alone	96.3%	91.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muncie	Olivet
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Muncie	Olivet
Poverty rate	5.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.06	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1942	1973