Olive Branch vs Southaven

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

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

Southaven has the higher population (55,531 vs 46,538 in Olive Branch). Olive Branch has the higher median household income ($98,421 vs $76,159 in Southaven). Olive Branch has the higher median home value ($269,900 vs $214,800 in Southaven).

Population, income & housing

	Olive Branch	Southaven
Population	46,538	55,531
Median age	37.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$98,421	$76,159
Median home value	$269,900	$214,800
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,361
Housing units	17,666	22,473
Homeownership rate	82.9%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olive Branch	Southaven
Population	37,461 → 46,538 (+24.2%)	54,152 → 55,531 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$74,680 → $98,421 (+31.8%)	$61,026 → $76,159 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$175,600 → $269,900 (+53.7%)	$153,200 → $214,800 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,609 (+38.2%)	$1,056 → $1,361 (+28.9%)

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

Southaven

Population

54,15255,531

Median household income

$61,026$76,159

Median home value

$153,200$214,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olive Branch	Southaven
Under 5	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.9%
75 and over	5.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olive Branch	Southaven
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	52.3%
Black or African American	33.6%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olive Branch	Southaven
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olive Branch	Southaven
Drove alone	81.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olive Branch	Southaven
1-unit, detached	89.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Olive Branch	Southaven
Poverty rate	5.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1999	1997