Midfield vs Mount Olive

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

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

Midfield has the higher population (5,101 vs 3,449 in Mount Olive). Mount Olive has the higher median household income ($84,120 vs $51,776 in Midfield). Mount Olive has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $93,700 in Midfield).

Population, income & housing

	Midfield	Mount Olive
Population	5,101	3,449
Median age	35.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,776	$84,120
Median home value	$93,700	$190,400
Median gross rent	$1,199	$1,022
Housing units	2,295	1,540
Homeownership rate	62.1%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midfield	Mount Olive
Population	5,085 → 5,101 (+0.3%)	4,387 → 3,449 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $51,776 (+33.6%)	$73,500 → $84,120 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $93,700 (+27.3%)	$158,300 → $190,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,199 (+31.6%)	$734 → $1,022 (+39.2%)

Midfield

Population

5,0855,101

Median household income

$38,750$51,776

Median home value

$73,600$93,700

Median gross rent

$911$1,199

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)

	Midfield	Mount Olive
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	24.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.8%
75 and over	3.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midfield	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	7.7%	80.8%
Black or African American	82.6%	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	2.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midfield	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	44.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midfield	Mount Olive
Drove alone	78.1%	78.3%
Carpooled	13.8%	5.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midfield	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	96.6%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Midfield	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	23.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1957	1980