Olive Branch, Mississippi
- StateMississippi
- CountyDeSoto
- Population46,654
Olive Branch may be in Mississippi, but it’s actually part of the Memphis metro area, located just 30 miles south of the city. It offers a quiet suburban lifestyle and a relatively affordable cost of living, helping the typical household—earning just over $100,000—really get the most bang for their buck.
Its school system, part of DeSoto County School District, is highly regarded; Lewisburg High School and Center Hill High School are both above average in terms of college readiness and student progress. The high school graduation rate in the area is nearly 90%.
There are over 140 acres of parks within Olive Branch, with many volunteer opportunities to help preserve them. Olive Branch City Park is dog-friendly and family-friendly, with a playground, tennis courts, walking trails, an amphitheater, and a mountain bike trail. The city also offers youth and adult sports leagues, fitness classes, and summer camps for kids. And it has a designated senior center offering programs and activities for retirees.
Olive Branch fosters its local business community with an annual business and job expo fair each fall and its Young Business Leaders committee, which promotes community outreach projects and networking events for local professionals.
Town Information
| Median sale price for single family residences (2022) | $320,481 |
| Median household income | $100,256 |
| Racial and ethnic makeup of current residents | Asian: 1.8%, Black: 33.9%, Hispanic: 4.8%, White: 56.2% |
| Racial and ethnic makeup of U.S. | Asian: 5.9%, Black: 12.3%, Hispanic: 19.7%, White: 61.2% |
| High school district graduation rate (averages of districts were applied when necessary) | 89.55% |
| Number of hospitals within 25 miles recommended by over 50% of patients | 8 |
| Number of above-average nursing homes within 50 miles, per 100,000 households | 20 |
| Sharecare Community Well-Being Index Score (out of 100) | 51 |
| Financial Well-Being Index Score (out of 100) | 59 |