Active residential listings in Mount Olive and the surrounding Macoupin County area — represented by Apex Realty agents who live nearby and know the local market.
Listings represented directly by Apex Realty across the Mount Olive/Macoupin County area. For the full Mount Olive MLS inventory, scroll down to the browse map.
Click any photo — opens that active Macoupin County listing.
Mount Olive sits in southern Macoupin County along I-55 in Macoupin County — population around ~2,000. Anchored by Mt. Olive CUSD #5, Mother Jones Monument, it offers historic labor town; Mother Jones is buried here at the Union Miners Cemetery.
Apex Realty is headquartered in downtown Jacksonville at 1515 W. Walnut, Suite #4 — but every Apex agent works the full Macoupin County market and the surrounding service area. We know which Mount Olive streets turn over fastest, which corners of the market reward patience, and which deals never reach the MLS at all. The kind of local intelligence you can't get from a Zillow algorithm.
Whether you're relocating for St. Louis (35 mi) and Edwardsville (20 mi), looking for a starter home, downsizing into a ranch, or buying acreage just outside town — we work every street in Mount Olive and every rural pocket within reach.
Meet the Apex teamLive data from the RMLS Alliance MLS — every active residential listing across Macoupin County (including Mount Olive) from every brokerage. Click any pin to see details, photos, and pricing.
Schools shape every Mount Olive home search — what's in-boundary, what attendance line you're on the wrong side of, which streets feed which building. Here's the local read.
Mt. Olive CUSD #5 serves the city of Mount Olive and the surrounding southern-Macoupin attendance area. About 600 students K–12 across a single connected campus on the north side of town off I-55. The district is smaller than its neighbors (Staunton, Gillespie) but has held its independent K–12 status through every consolidation discussion of the last two decades.
Mt. Olive Elementary serves K–5, Mt. Olive Middle covers 6–8, and Mt. Olive High School (the Wildcats) takes 9–12 — all on the central campus. The Wildcats compete in the South Central Conference; the program is small but competitive, with strong basketball and baseball traditions.
St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Mt. Olive offers K–8 parochial education — long-standing in town, small classes, faith-based curriculum. For Catholic high school, families typically commute to Father McGivney (Glen Carbon) or Marquette (Alton). The Mother Jones Monument at the Union Miners Cemetery on the south side of town is the town's most visible piece of national-history identity.
Mt. Olive's district is geographically small — a quarter mile in the wrong direction and you're in Staunton (south), Gillespie (north), or Bond County's Greenville district (east). The I-55 corridor makes for fast commutes but the school-zone lines run perpendicular to it in places. Confirm before writing.
Mount Olive is small enough that "neighborhood" usually means a few blocks of pre-war homes near downtown, the streets along southern Macoupin County along I-55, and the rural acreage just outside town. We work every part of it. Tap the map below for live listings, or talk to an Apex agent for the off-MLS situations.
Mount Olive's residential market has been one of the steadier in the Macoupin County area — anchored by Mt. Olive CUSD #5 and shaped by commuter demand from St. Louis. Days-on-market for well-priced homes typically lands in the two-to-four-week window.
That's where Mount Olive's first-time buyers, relocations, and downsizers compete. Move-in-ready homes in that range often see multiple offers in the first weekend. Above the top of the band, days-on-market climbs sharply. Below the bottom of the band usually signals deferred maintenance — worth a structural look before writing.
For sellers, this means strategic pricing matters more than aggressive listing. We've seen Mount Olive homes priced 5% above market sit for 90+ days while identical homes priced at fair market close in two weeks. For buyers, this means preparation matters: pre-approval letter in hand, agent on speed-dial, and a willingness to write within 48 hours of a tour are what separate winning offers from also-rans.
In a community this size, many of the best transactions never list publicly. Apex agents hear about properties through neighbors, contractors, estate attorneys, and twelve years of past clients. If you're a serious buyer with clear criteria, tell us — we'll work the network alongside the MLS.
For market data on specific Mount Olive streets or price bands — recent sold comparables, average days-on-market, school-zone trends — contact us directly. We'll pull the report and walk through it with you, no obligation.
Median sale prices in Mount Olive have run in the $80K–$135K range over the past 18 months. Pricing varies by age of home, lot size, and location within the city. The Apex featured listings carousel above and the full MLS browse map show real-time pricing for every active property.
Mt. Olive CUSD #5 is the primary public district. Specific school-attendance boundaries are listed on every MLS detail page; we factor those into the conversation when school zone matters to a family.
Effective tax rates in Mount Olive typically run around 2.0–2.3% of assessed value, depending on the exact township and school district overlay. Specific tax amounts are listed on every MLS detail page; we factor them into the affordability conversation early.
For long-term rental income, Mount Olive can offer favorable price-to-rent ratios compared to most US markets — entry-point single-family rentals can cash-flow with conventional financing where tenant demand is stable. Dagmar Schroetter on our team specializes in investment analysis if you want a deeper read.
Mount Olive to St. Louis and Edwardsville (20 mi) is 35 mi. Plenty of Apex buyers split the difference — they work in the nearby employment hub and live in Mount Olive for cost-of-living and pace-of-life reasons.
For MLS-listed properties accepting showings, tours can usually be scheduled within 24 hours — often same-day for Apex or other Macoupin-County brokerage listings. Call the office at 217-960-8474 or use the contact form, and we'll get you in.
Yes. We represent buyers and sellers across all of Macoupin County and the surrounding service area — including Staunton, Livingston, Gillespie. Whether you're buying acreage 15 minutes outside town or selling a farm-and-house in a neighboring township, the same agents and the same process apply.
Whether you're three years out or three weeks from moving, an Apex agent will walk you through the Mount Olive market — what's available, what's coming, and what you should actually pay attention to. No pressure, no obligation, just a real conversation.
Browse homes for sale and local market insight in the communities surrounding Mount Olive — all within Apex Realty’s Macoupin County coverage.
