Lynchburg vs Olive Branch

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

Lynchburg 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 1,894 in Lynchburg). Olive Branch has the higher median household income ($98,421 vs $93,750 in Lynchburg). Olive Branch has the higher median home value ($269,900 vs $201,500 in Lynchburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
Population	1,894	46,538
Median age	46.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$98,421
Median home value	$201,500	$269,900
Median gross rent	$2,033	$1,609
Housing units	837	17,666
Homeownership rate	89.4%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
Population	2,533 → 1,894 (-25.2%)	37,461 → 46,538 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$67,875 → $93,750 (+38.1%)	$74,680 → $98,421 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $201,500 (+42.4%)	$175,600 → $269,900 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $2,033 (+132.1%)	$1,164 → $1,609 (+38.2%)

Lynchburg

Population

2,5331,894

Median household income

$67,875$93,750

Median home value

$141,500$201,500

Median gross rent

$876$2,033

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)

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
Under 5	2.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	19.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	18.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.1%
75 and over	8.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	55.3%
Black or African American	39.0%	33.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	9.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	23.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
Drove alone	95.7%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
1-unit, detached	94.0%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lynchburg	Olive Branch
Poverty rate	0.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1997	1999