Mount Olive vs Ray

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Olive and Ray: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Olive and Ray are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ray has the higher population (488 vs 202 in Mount Olive). Ray has the higher median household income ($68,487 vs $49,688 in Mount Olive). Ray has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $84,300 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Olive	Ray
Population	202	488
Median age	26.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,688	$68,487
Median home value	$84,300	$142,800
Housing units	131	233
Homeownership rate	88.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	32.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Olive	Ray
Population	358 → 202 (-43.6%)	300 → 488 (+62.7%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $49,688 (+21.5%)	$40,909 → $68,487 (+67.4%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $84,300 (+39.6%)	$112,500 → $142,800 (+26.9%)

Mount Olive

Population

358202

Median household income

$40,893$49,688

Median home value

$60,400$84,300

Ray

Population

300488

Median household income

$40,909$68,487

Median home value

$112,500$142,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Olive	Ray
Under 5	16.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	3.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	26.4%
25 to 34	37.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.8%
55 to 64	4.0%	25.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.1%
75 and over	7.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Olive	Ray
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	50.2%
Black or African American	28.2%	45.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Olive	Ray
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	51.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Olive	Ray
Drove alone	92.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Olive	Ray
1-unit, detached	53.4%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.6%	41.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Olive	Ray
Poverty rate	11.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	2001	1991