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Mount Olive, NC

4,204 Population
2.7 square miles 1,535.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,256 ±$12,371 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: $31,216 ±$1,073
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$45,869 ±$2,962 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: $58,082 ±$2,512
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

21.7% ±8.6% (805  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 16.9% 19,436 (±1.5% / ±1,686)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

18.9 minutes ±2.4 (32,670  ±6,205) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 22.9 1,154,320 (±0.9 / ±53,969)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,587 ±147 Number of households
  • the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 46,888 ±589
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (3,699  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 2.4 114,638 (±0 / ±85)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.8% ±4.1% (45  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,443 (±1.1% / ±284)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,855 ±168 Number of housing units
  • the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 53,134 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$117,200 ±$12,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: $162,700 ±$7,415
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

25.1% ±6.7% (1,044  ±279.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 13.6% 15,800 (±1.3% / ±1,492.2)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

79.2% ±9% (2,149  ±289.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 86.4% 67,756 (±2.6% / ±2,010)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.2% ±4.9% (467  ±136.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 21.3% 16,729 (±1.3% / ±1,033)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.5% ±5.4% (651  ±228) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 8,127
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4% ±2.1% (140  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 12% 10,292 (±0.9% / ±808)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
140 Total veterans ±73 103 Male ±57 37 Female ±48

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