COMPARING TWO PLACES
Olympia Fields vs Homewood
PLACE A
Olympia Fields, Illinois
VS
PLACE B
Homewood, Pennsylvania
Olympia Fields is 5119% larger than Homewood. Olympia Fields earns more, with a median household income $82,268 higher.
OLYMPIA FIELDSHOMEWOODDIFFERENCE
Total population4,59388+5119% vs Homewood
Population density1,563521+1,042
Population growth-5.4%-4.6%−0.8 pts
Median age46.646.7−0.1
Male43.4%64.0%−20.6 pts
Female56.6%36.0%+20.6 pts
Foreign-born3.8%0.0%+3.8 pts
White, non-Hispanic17.1%77.3%−60.2 pts
Black75.7%5.3%+70.4 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.8%9.3%−8.6 pts
Asian1.9%0.0%+1.9 pts
Other4.6%8.0%−3.4 pts
Median household income$123,875$41,607+$82,268
Per capita income$56,655$31,363+$25,292
Poverty rate13.7%8.0%+5.7 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4300.360+0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher50.4%11.1%+39.3 pts
Graduate degree24.5%3.2%+21.3 pts
Unemployment rate5.9%4.8%+1.1 pts
Labor force participation56.1%57.5%−1.4 pts
Median home value$329,000$112,500+$216,500
Median gross rent$3,501$928+$2,573
Owner-occupied88.8%48.9%+39.9 pts
Housing vacancy rate10.5%10.0%+0.5 pts
Rent-burdened households94.5%47.8%+46.7 pts
Average commute42.818.9+23.9
Worked from home20.7%5.0%+15.7 pts
Public transit to work7.3%0.0%+7.3 pts
Uninsured2.4%4.0%−1.6 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025