Alloway vs Olivet

A side-by-side comparison of Alloway and Olivet: population, income, housing, and more.

Alloway and Olivet are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olivet has the higher population (1,647 vs 1,473 in Alloway). Alloway has the higher median household income ($138,260 vs $122,193 in Olivet). Olivet has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $282,500 in Alloway).

Population, income & housing

	Alloway	Olivet
Population	1,473	1,647
Median age	50.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$138,260	$122,193
Median home value	$282,500	$299,000
Housing units	563	514
Homeownership rate	98.0%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alloway	Olivet
Population	1,342 → 1,473 (+9.8%)	1,394 → 1,647 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$80,156 → $138,260 (+72.5%)	$110,517 → $122,193 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $282,500 (+39.6%)	$241,600 → $299,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,578 (+51.4%)	—

Alloway

Population

1,3421,473

Median household income

$80,156$138,260

Median home value

$202,400$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,578

Olivet

Population

1,3941,647

Median household income

$110,517$122,193

Median home value

$241,600$299,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alloway	Olivet
Under 5	1.5%	10.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	25.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.6%
75 and over	4.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alloway	Olivet
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
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	4.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alloway	Olivet
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	41.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alloway	Olivet
Drove alone	85.0%	92.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.0%
Other means	6.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alloway	Olivet
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alloway	Olivet
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.66	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1979	1984