Olivet vs Sunfield

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

Olivet and Sunfield 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 654 in Sunfield). Sunfield has the higher median household income ($66,406 vs $44,940 in Olivet). Olivet has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $134,200 in Sunfield).

Population, income & housing

	Olivet	Sunfield
Population	1,633	654
Median age	21.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,940	$66,406
Median home value	$137,300	$134,200
Median gross rent	$919	$1,035
Housing units	481	258
Homeownership rate	49.2%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olivet	Sunfield
Population	1,643 → 1,633 (-0.6%)	504 → 654 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$40,662 → $44,940 (+10.5%)	$48,750 → $66,406 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $137,300 (+24.1%)	$103,800 → $134,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $919 (+32.8%)	$620 → $1,035 (+66.9%)

Olivet

Population

1,6431,633

Median household income

$40,662$44,940

Median home value

$110,600$137,300

Median gross rent

$692$919

Sunfield

Population

504654

Median household income

$48,750$66,406

Median home value

$103,800$134,200

Median gross rent

$620$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olivet	Sunfield
Under 5	2.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	8.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	49.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	6.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	21.6%
65 to 74	2.5%	9.6%
75 and over	3.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olivet	Sunfield
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	11.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olivet	Sunfield
No high school diploma	5.0%	17.4%
High school graduate	35.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olivet	Sunfield
Drove alone	58.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	2.8%
Other means	4.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olivet	Sunfield
1-unit, detached	52.8%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.4%	9.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Olivet	Sunfield
Poverty rate	16.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1960	1963