Bird Island vs Olivia

A side-by-side comparison of Bird Island and Olivia: population, income, housing, and more.

Bird Island and Olivia are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olivia has the higher population (2,243 vs 964 in Bird Island). Bird Island has the higher median household income ($71,190 vs $62,683 in Olivia). Olivia has the higher median home value ($156,600 vs $114,600 in Bird Island).

Population, income & housing

	Bird Island	Olivia
Population	964	2,243
Median age	49.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,190	$62,683
Median home value	$114,600	$156,600
Median gross rent	$617	$740
Housing units	496	1,138
Homeownership rate	81.7%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird Island	Olivia
Population	858 → 964 (+12.4%)	2,471 → 2,243 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$53,021 → $71,190 (+34.3%)	$56,830 → $62,683 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $114,600 (+47.7%)	$122,500 → $156,600 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $617 (+15.5%)	$696 → $740 (+6.3%)

Bird Island

Population

858964

Median household income

$53,021$71,190

Median home value

$77,600$114,600

Median gross rent

$534$617

Olivia

Population

2,4712,243

Median household income

$56,830$62,683

Median home value

$122,500$156,600

Median gross rent

$696$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird Island	Olivia
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	13.2%
75 and over	9.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird Island	Olivia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	83.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird Island	Olivia
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird Island	Olivia
Drove alone	90.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	9.3%
Public transit	1.2%	2.2%
Walked	1.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	2.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird Island	Olivia
1-unit, detached	80.2%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Bird Island	Olivia
Poverty rate	10.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1958	1969