Mount Olive vs Seminary

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

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

Mount Olive has the higher population (1,268 vs 230 in Seminary). Seminary has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $57,100 in Mount Olive). Since 2019, Mount Olive's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -17.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Olive	Seminary
Population	1,268	230
Median age	33.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,000
Median home value	$57,100	$161,300
Median gross rent	$646	—
Housing units	682	125
Homeownership rate	71.3%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Olive	Seminary
Population	1,204 → 1,268 (+5.3%)	279 → 230 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $53,947 (+13.1%)	$45,250 → $55,000 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $57,100 (-32.3%)	$83,300 → $161,300 (+93.6%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $646 (+12.9%)	$632 → $737 (+16.6%)

Mount Olive

Population

1,2041,268

Median household income

$47,679$53,947

Median home value

$84,400$57,100

Median gross rent

$572$646

Seminary

Population

279230

Median household income

$45,250$55,000

Median home value

$83,300$161,300

Median gross rent

$632$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Olive	Seminary
Under 5	5.6%	10.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	26.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	4.6%	7.8%
75 and over	5.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Olive	Seminary
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	78.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Olive	Seminary
No high school diploma	17.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Olive	Seminary
Drove alone	94.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Olive	Seminary
1-unit, detached	38.7%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Olive	Seminary
Poverty rate	22.5%	15.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1996	1978