Olivet vs Potterville

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

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

Potterville has the higher population (3,065 vs 1,633 in Olivet). Potterville has the higher median household income ($62,054 vs $44,940 in Olivet). Olivet has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $125,400 in Potterville).

Population, income & housing

	Olivet	Potterville
Population	1,633	3,065
Median age	21.6 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,940	$62,054
Median home value	$137,300	$125,400
Median gross rent	$919	$954
Housing units	481	1,303
Homeownership rate	49.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olivet	Potterville
Population	1,643 → 1,633 (-0.6%)	2,713 → 3,065 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$40,662 → $44,940 (+10.5%)	$56,225 → $62,054 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $137,300 (+24.1%)	$97,400 → $125,400 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $919 (+32.8%)	$815 → $954 (+17.1%)

Olivet

Population

1,6431,633

Median household income

$40,662$44,940

Median home value

$110,600$137,300

Median gross rent

$692$919

Potterville

Population

2,7133,065

Median household income

$56,225$62,054

Median home value

$97,400$125,400

Median gross rent

$815$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olivet	Potterville
Under 5	2.4%	9.9%
5 to 17	8.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	49.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	2.5%	6.4%
75 and over	3.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olivet	Potterville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	11.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olivet	Potterville
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olivet	Potterville
Drove alone	58.8%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	6.1%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olivet	Potterville
1-unit, detached	52.8%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	25.4%	11.9%
20 or more units	4.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Olivet	Potterville
Poverty rate	16.6%	14.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1960	1994