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Olney, IL

8,864 Population
6.9 square miles 1,278.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Richland County: 42.5 ±1.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,458 ±$3,059 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Richland County: $32,156 ±$2,033
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$57,997 ±$7,064 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Richland County: $60,404 † ±$6,022
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

15.4% ±3.2% (1,317  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Richland County: 11.9% † 1,823 (±1.9% / ±294)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.2 minutes ±3.9 (70,100  ±16,002) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Richland County: 20.4 † 140,745 (±2.3 / ±17,521)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,537 ±242 Number of households
  • Richland County: 6,401 ±221
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.2 (8,546  ±213) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Richland County: 2.4 15,357 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6.4% ±3.3% (120  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Richland County: 6.9% † 215 (±2.7% / ±84)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

4,148 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Richland County: 7,366 ±27
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$96,900 ±$4,947 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Richland County: $106,600 ±$7,098
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

17.3% ±4.8% (1,519  ±423.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Richland County: 11.2% † 1,732 (±2.8% / ±435.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.7% ±6.5% (5,532  ±459.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 91.9% 10,038 (±5.2% / ±568.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
20.1% ±3.5% (1,201  ±218.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Richland County: 18.9% † 2,060 (±2.6% / ±281.1)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.1% (178  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Richland County: 1.4% 226
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.9% ±2.3% (655  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Richland County: 9.5% † 1,151 (±1.5% / ±185)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
655 Total veterans ±152 576 Male ±147 79 Female ±50

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