Olympia Fields, Illinois

Olympia Fields, Illinois
Village
Olympia Fields Country Club
Olympia Fields Country Club
Official seal of Olympia Fields, Illinois
Seal
Motto: 
Where People Make the Village
Location of Olympia Fields in Cook County, Illinois.
Location of Olympia Fields in Cook County, Illinois.
Olympia Fields is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields is located in Illinois
Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields is located in the United States
Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields
Coordinates: 41°31′6″N 87°41′34″W / 41.51833°N 87.69278°W / 41.51833; -87.69278
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyCook
TownshipBloom, Rich
Founded1927
Government
 • TypeVillage
 • Village PresidentSterling M. Burke
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.94 sq mi (7.62 km2)
 • Land2.94 sq mi (7.61 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
4,718
 • Density1,605.31/sq mi (619.90/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)
60461
Area code708
FIPS code17-55938
Wikimedia CommonsOlympia Fields, Illinois
Websitewww.olympia-fields.com

Olympia Fields is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census.[2] It is a southern suburb of Chicago. The municipality grew up around the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, originally established in 1915.

Olympia Fields is noteworthy as one of the wealthiest and best educated, majority African-American communities in the United States.[3] The village's zip code (60461) is one of three majority African American communities which rank among the top five percent in the U.S. for median household income and share of adults with college degrees,[4] and Olympia Fields also has the highest black homeownership rate in the country among majority-black municipalities.[5]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "Olympia Fields Neighborhood Information - Olympia Fields Homes, Olympia Fields Real Estate". Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Murray, Charles A. Coming apart. 1st ed, Chapter 3, Note 23. New York [N.Y.]: Crown Forum, 2012.
  5. ^ "Where Black Homeownership Is the Norm". Pew Trusts. August 15, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2022.