Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety42#9,098/15,637
Economy29#11,073/15,631
Housing43#8,525/14,977
Health43#8,947/15,609
Healthcare38#9,642/15,650
Environment38#9,548/15,453
Education35#10,173/15,649
Infrastructure54#7,212/15,650
Community76#3,826/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,134/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Olivet, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Eaton County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low1%
94/100Michigan 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAEaton County value
Voter turnout · high77.2%
91/100Michigan 74.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionEaton County value
Average commute time · low17.6 min
86/100Michigan 24.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Michigan 6.3United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationEaton County value
Child care cost burden · low23.4%
83/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEaton County value
Hot days · low7 days
81/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationEaton County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Michigan 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesEaton County value
Unemployment rate · high12.8%
4/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
5/100Michigan 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEaton County value
Depression · high29.5%
7/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Primary care physicians · low29 /100k
12/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEaton County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.6 /10k
19/100Michigan 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEaton County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,643 (2015-2019) → 1,844 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
39.6% (2015-2019) → 9.5% (2020-2024)
−30 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
23.4% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.2% (2015-2019) → 47.8% (2020-2024)
−7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$40,662 (2015-2019) → $54,722 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.9% (2015-2019) → 26.4% (2020-2024)
−5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Olivet, Michigan improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 14 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Olivet, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	17.6 min2020-2024	−4.9 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	83.6%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Effective property tax rate	1.94%2015-2019	1.42%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4242015-2019	0.4382020-2024	+0.014	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$40,6622015-2019	$54,7222020-2024	+35%	Within the margin of error	65%
Poverty rate	23.4%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.9%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	55.2%2015-2019	47.8%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Unemployment rate	15.0%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	17%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Olivet, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Olivet, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Olivet, Michigan itself moved +9.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,844 residents (±215)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (−2.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,844 residents (±215)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

White77%1,420
Black12%†225
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†102
Asian0.4%†7
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.9%†90

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−8.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

700 residents (±128)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma6.3%†44
High school or GED38%267
Some college21%†146
Associate degree9.4%†66
Bachelor's degree19%†133
Graduate degree6.3%†44

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

468 households (±83)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k21%†100
$25k–50k25%†115
$50k–75k15%†69
$75k–100k15%†71
$100k–150k12%†58
$150k–200k7.5%†35
$200k or more4.3%†20

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+6.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

468 households (±83)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

Own50%235
Rent50%233

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

230 households (±69)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $75015%†34
$750–1,00050%†114
$1,000–1,50030%†68

Home values

235 homes (±53)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k47%†110
$150k–250k39%†91
$250k–400k10%†24

Age of homes

510 homes (±91)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20093.3%†17
1980–199910%†52

Size of homes

510 homes (±91)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio5.3%†27
1 bedroom16%†84
2 bedrooms28%†143

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

861 workers (±156)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone58%500
Carpool11%†95
Public transit0.0%0
Walk15%†126
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†115
Other2.9%†25

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−13.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

746 workers (±147)

Olivet, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min52%387
15–29 min21%†158
30–44 min19%†144

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Eaton County, the county holding most of Olivet's residents.

Eaton County has 2,182 employer establishments, 200 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Michigan's), with 42,828 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,064. The Census Bureau also counts 7,884 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,182; 7,884 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 200; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 42,828
Average annual pay: $53,064; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Eaton County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	186	17.1	0.93×About typical	3,791	$19,791	37
Ambulatory health care services	151	13.9	0.67×Fewer than typical	1,236	$57,083	285
Specialty trade contractors	136	12.5	0.81×About typical	1,025	$76,621	648
Limited-service restaurants	100	9.2	1.14×About typical	1,987	$17,482	22
Religious organizations	85	7.8	1.41×More than typical	1,041	$24,814	—
Lessors of real estate	78	7.2	0.58×Fewer than typical	385	$46,730	619
Construction of buildings	65	6	0.79×Fewer than typical	306	$64,631	321
Full-service restaurants	65	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,567	$23,288	9
Services to buildings and dwellings	63	5.8	0.86×About typical	513	$36,801	485
Offices of other health practitioners	61	5.6	0.92×About typical	346	$41,983	151
Building equipment contractors	59	5.4	0.90×About typical	568	$74,607	93
Automotive repair and maintenance	53	4.9	0.97×About typical	249	$46,839	106

Rank places for an industry Open Eaton County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 108,915 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $362 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Olivet, Michigan: $0.20 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $362
Per resident: $0.20; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$362100%

Top recipients

T AND T PRODUCTS LLC$362100.0%

Spending by fiscal year

16.6KFY2018
-613.5FY2019
434.6FY2024
361.7FY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$362100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$30885%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$53.7815%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Olivet, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

Olivet, Michigan's figures are part of those of Eaton County, MI ($385.3K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Olivet is mostly in Eaton County.

See federal money in Eaton County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Olivet, Michigan is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).