Adamsville vs Mount Olive

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

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

Adamsville has the higher population (4,291 vs 3,449 in Mount Olive). Mount Olive has the higher median household income ($84,120 vs $60,564 in Adamsville). Mount Olive has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $144,700 in Adamsville).

Population, income & housing

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
Population	4,291	3,449
Median age	47.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,564	$84,120
Median home value	$144,700	$190,400
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,022
Housing units	2,026	1,540
Homeownership rate	86.3%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
Population	4,340 → 4,291 (-1.1%)	4,387 → 3,449 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$46,322 → $60,564 (+30.7%)	$73,500 → $84,120 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $144,700 (+42.3%)	$158,300 → $190,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,312 (+33.6%)	$734 → $1,022 (+39.2%)

Adamsville

Population

4,3404,291

Median household income

$46,322$60,564

Median home value

$101,700$144,700

Median gross rent

$982$1,312

Mount Olive

Population

4,3873,449

Median household income

$73,500$84,120

Median home value

$158,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$734$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	19.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.8%
75 and over	8.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	80.8%
Black or African American	56.7%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	17.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
Drove alone	86.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	98.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Adamsville	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	18.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	1973	1980