Olive Branch.
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Mississippi·DeSoto County
12 tracts·55K people·$290K median·993/mi²
White 53 · Black 36 · Hispanic 6 · Multiracial 3 · Asian 2 · Other 0
Married couple 56 · Living alone 23 · Other 21
Retail 52 · Professional 19 · Manufacturing 10 · Leisure 10 · Health 6 · Public admin 2 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 39 · Production · transport 21 · Sales · office 19 · Service 13 · Construction · maintenance 8
Drive alone 82 · Carpool 17 · Work from home 8 · Walk 1 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Olive Branch is $290,000 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Olive Branch has 47,019 residents across 10 census tracts and 10 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 38.0; the population is 52.7% White, 35.7% Black, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% Multiracial, 2.1% Asian and 0.3% Other; the average household has 2.7 people; 31.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 4.6% (Census ACS).
Pleasant Hill Elementary School (65%), Overpark Elementary School (60%) and Olive Branch Intermediate School (50%) lead the elementary schools; Center Hill Middle School (60%) and Olive Branch Middle School (42%) lead the middle schools; Center Hill High School (74%) and Olive Branch High School (69%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,829/month, 16% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Olive Branch is $100,606 a year, 17% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Olive Branch, median rent is $1,829/month and the median home value is $290,000 (Census ACS).
Olive Branch reported 2.1 violent crimes and 17.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 91°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 70 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 58 inches; snowfall averages 1 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Olive Branch are tornado (89), heat wave (86) and earthquake (84), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.60g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Olive Branch, 0.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).