Olympia Fields, Illinois

Olympia Fields, Illinois
Olympia Fields, Illinois
Village
	Olympia Fields Country Club
	Seal
	Motto: Where People Make the Village
	Location of Olympia Fields in Cook County, Illinois.
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	Coordinates: 41°31′6″N 87°41′34″W / 41.51833°N 87.69278°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Township	Bloom, Rich
Founded	1927
Government
• Type	Village
• Village President	Sterling M. Burke
Area
• Total	2.94 sq mi (7.62 km2)
• Land	2.94 sq mi (7.61 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	4,718
• Density	1,605.31/sq mi (619.90/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)	60461
Area code	708
FIPS code	17-55938
Wikimedia Commons	Olympia Fields, Illinois
Website	www.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]

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

[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[:0-2] "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.

[Pew_Trusts_Stateline-5] "Where Black Homeownership Is the Norm". Pew Trusts. August 15, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

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