Horn Lake vs Olive Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Horn Lake and Olive Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Horn Lake and Olive Branch are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olive Branch has the higher population (46,538 vs 26,622 in Horn Lake). Olive Branch has the higher median household income ($98,421 vs $56,847 in Horn Lake). Olive Branch has the higher median home value ($269,900 vs $158,900 in Horn Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
Population	26,622	46,538
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,847	$98,421
Median home value	$158,900	$269,900
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,609
Housing units	10,829	17,666
Homeownership rate	59.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
Population	27,080 → 26,622 (-1.7%)	37,461 → 46,538 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$48,622 → $56,847 (+16.9%)	$74,680 → $98,421 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $158,900 (+49.3%)	$175,600 → $269,900 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,293 (+25.2%)	$1,164 → $1,609 (+38.2%)

Horn Lake

Population

27,08026,622

Median household income

$48,622$56,847

Median home value

$106,400$158,900

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,293

Olive Branch

Population

37,46146,538

Median household income

$74,680$98,421

Median home value

$175,600$269,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.1%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	55.3%
Black or African American	44.5%	33.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
Drove alone	87.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	7.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
1-unit, detached	76.7%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Horn Lake	Olive Branch
Poverty rate	18.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1990	1999