Dimondale vs Olivet

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

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

Olivet has the higher population (1,633 vs 1,582 in Dimondale). Dimondale has the higher median household income ($112,333 vs $44,940 in Olivet). Dimondale has the higher median home value ($220,500 vs $137,300 in Olivet).

Population, income & housing

	Dimondale	Olivet
Population	1,582	1,633
Median age	44.0 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,333	$44,940
Median home value	$220,500	$137,300
Median gross rent	$876	$919
Housing units	594	481
Homeownership rate	87.3%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dimondale	Olivet
Population	1,370 → 1,582 (+15.5%)	1,643 → 1,633 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $112,333 (+41.5%)	$40,662 → $44,940 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $220,500 (+38.6%)	$110,600 → $137,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $876 (+20.3%)	$692 → $919 (+32.8%)

Dimondale

Population

1,3701,582

Median household income

$79,375$112,333

Median home value

$159,100$220,500

Median gross rent

$728$876

Olivet

Population

1,6431,633

Median household income

$40,662$44,940

Median home value

$110,600$137,300

Median gross rent

$692$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dimondale	Olivet
Under 5	3.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	49.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.8%	2.5%
75 and over	6.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dimondale	Olivet
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	79.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dimondale	Olivet
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dimondale	Olivet
Drove alone	79.1%	58.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dimondale	Olivet
1-unit, detached	89.1%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	25.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Dimondale	Olivet
Poverty rate	7.5%	16.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1968	1960