Olympia Fields, Illinois
Olympia Fields, Illinois | |
|---|---|
| Motto: Where People Make the Village | |
Location of Olympia Fields in Cook County, Illinois. | |
| 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 is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. 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. 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, and Olympia Fields also has the highest black homeownership rate in the country among majority-black municipalities.