Auburn vs Olivet

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

Auburn 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 1,209 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median household income ($201,648 vs $122,193 in Olivet). Auburn has the higher median home value ($440,300 vs $299,000 in Olivet).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Olivet
Population	1,209	1,647
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$201,648	$122,193
Median home value	$440,300	$299,000
Housing units	416	514
Homeownership rate	99.0%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Olivet
Population	828 → 1,209 (+46.0%)	1,394 → 1,647 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$134,559 → $201,648 (+49.9%)	$110,517 → $122,193 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$339,700 → $440,300 (+29.6%)	$241,600 → $299,000 (+23.8%)

Auburn

Population

8281,209

Median household income

$134,559$201,648

Median home value

$339,700$440,300

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)

	Auburn	Olivet
Under 5	3.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	30.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	2.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	20.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	10.6%
75 and over	5.8%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Olivet
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	88.3%
Black or African American	7.5%	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	3.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Olivet
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	6.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Olivet
Drove alone	91.0%	92.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	1.0%
Other means	0.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Olivet
1-unit, detached	98.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	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

	Auburn	Olivet
Poverty rate	1.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.97	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1990	1984