North Carolina · Census place 45100
Mount Olive town, NC
Quick answer
Mount Olive town has 4,204 residents, ranking #198 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $45,869, the median home is worth $117,200 and median gross rent runs $916 a month.
- Population
- 4,204Mount Olive town residents
- Median household income
- $45,869Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $117,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $916Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 53.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mount Olive town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mount Olive town median would spend about 24% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.7% of residents and 53.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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