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Population (year 2000): 21,054. Estimated
population in July 2005: 27,964 (+32.8% change)
Males: 10,332 (49.1%), Females: 10,722 (50.9%)
DeSoto County
Zip code:
38654
Median resident age: 33.1 years
Median household income: $55,187 (year 2000)
Median house value: $125,800 (year 2000)
Races in Olive Branch:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.0%)
- Black (11.3%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (14.9%), Irish
(12.0%), German (9.4%), English (9.3%), Scotch-Irish (3.1%),
Italian (3.1%).
Elevation: 345 feet
Land area: 36.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Olive Branch
- High school or higher: 86.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Olive Branch city
- Never married: 17.8%
- Now married: 67.3%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 4.0%
- Divorced: 9.6%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +13,467
(+177.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Olive Branch:
- PARKWOOD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM (8135
GOODMAN ROAD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Olive Branch:
- DELTA MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; MEMPHIS, TN)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS (about 9 miles;
MEMPHIS, TN)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; MEMPHIS, TN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Olive Branch:
- MEMPHIS INTL (about 10 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; ID: MEM)
- MILLINGTON MUNI (about 27 miles; MILLINGTON, TN; ID:
NQA)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 46 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Olive Branch:
- OLIVE BRANCH (about 5 miles; OLIVE BRANCH, MS; ID:
OLV)
- HERNANDO VILLAGE AIRPARK, INC (about 19 miles;
HERNANDO, MS; ID: H75)
- WOLF RIVER (about 20 miles; ROSSVILLE, TN; ID: 54M)
Amtrak station near Olive Branch:
- 20 miles: MEMPHIS (545 S. MAIN ST.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
College/University in Olive Branch:
- DOUGLAS AVIATION INC (Location: 11299 AIRPORT
RD; Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Olive Branch:
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS
(about 16 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; Full-time enrollment:
6,979)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (about 19 miles; MEMPHIS, TN;
FT enrollment: 15,831)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UNION CAMPUS
(about 19 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
(about 19 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 2,019)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 47
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles;
JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
Public high school in Olive Branch:
- OLIVE BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,735;
Location: 9366 SANDIDGE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Olive Branch:
- SOUTHERN BAPTIST EDUC CENTER (Students:
1,068; Location: 7400 GETWELL RD; Grades: PK - 12)
- DESOTO CO ACADEMY (Students: 79; Location:
4503 GOODMAN ROAD; Grades: KG - 12)
- CROS CREEK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 34;
Location: 4105 GOODMAN RD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Olive Branch:
- OLIVE BRANCH MIDDLE (Students: 1,488;
Location: 6530 S. BLOCKER STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- OLIVE BRANCH ELEM (Students: 865; Location:
9549 E PIGEON ROOST ROAD; Grades: KG - 01)
- OLIVE BRANCH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students:
782; Location: 8631 E. PIGEON ROOST; Grades: 04 - 05)
- CHICKASAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 721;
Location: 6391 CHICKASAW; Grades: 02 - 03)
- CENTER HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 599;
Location: 13662 CENTER HILL ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
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