Nixon vs Olivet

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

Nixon and Olivet are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olivet has the higher population (1,609 vs 289 in Nixon). Olivet has the higher median home value ($136,400 vs $95,500 in Nixon). Since 2019, Nixon's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -11.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Nixon	Olivet
Population	289	1,609
Median age	39.6 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,000
Median home value	$95,500	$136,400
Median gross rent	—	$767
Housing units	166	690
Homeownership rate	80.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nixon	Olivet
Population	249 → 289 (+16.1%)	1,815 → 1,609 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$43,601 → $51,923 (+19.1%)	$57,981 → $71,000 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$136,300 → $95,500 (-29.9%)	$120,100 → $136,400 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $767 (+22.7%)

Nixon

Population

249289

Median household income

$43,601$51,923

Median home value

$136,300$95,500

Olivet

Population

1,8151,609

Median household income

$57,981$71,000

Median home value

$120,100$136,400

Median gross rent

$625$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nixon	Olivet
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	42.6%	3.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.6%
35 to 44	27.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	3.5%	20.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.6%
75 and over	8.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nixon	Olivet
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nixon	Olivet
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	47.0%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nixon	Olivet
Drove alone	100.0%	94.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nixon	Olivet
1-unit, detached	75.3%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Nixon	Olivet
Poverty rate	67.5%	14.5%
Average household size	3.52	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1983	1995