Graysville vs Mount Olive

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

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

Mount Olive has the higher population (3,449 vs 2,600 in Graysville). Mount Olive has the higher median household income ($84,120 vs $61,250 in Graysville). Mount Olive has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $118,900 in Graysville).

Population, income & housing

	Graysville	Mount Olive
Population	2,600	3,449
Median age	43.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$84,120
Median home value	$118,900	$190,400
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,022
Housing units	1,219	1,540
Homeownership rate	66.1%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graysville	Mount Olive
Population	1,864 → 2,600 (+39.5%)	4,387 → 3,449 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$39,448 → $61,250 (+55.3%)	$73,500 → $84,120 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $118,900 (+29.0%)	$158,300 → $190,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,049 (+21.7%)	$734 → $1,022 (+39.2%)

Graysville

Population

1,8642,600

Median household income

$39,448$61,250

Median home value

$92,200$118,900

Median gross rent

$862$1,049

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)

	Graysville	Mount Olive
Under 5	6.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	18.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.8%
75 and over	8.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graysville	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	80.8%
Black or African American	27.0%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graysville	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	14.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graysville	Mount Olive
Drove alone	86.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graysville	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	85.9%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Graysville	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1959	1980