Elmer vs Olivet

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

Elmer 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 1,152 in Elmer). Olivet has the higher median household income ($122,193 vs $92,757 in Elmer). Olivet has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $206,300 in Elmer).

Population, income & housing

	Elmer	Olivet
Population	1,152	1,647
Median age	39.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,757	$122,193
Median home value	$206,300	$299,000
Median gross rent	$1,627	—
Housing units	493	514
Homeownership rate	64.2%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmer	Olivet
Population	1,436 → 1,152 (-19.8%)	1,394 → 1,647 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$77,734 → $92,757 (+19.3%)	$110,517 → $122,193 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$192,200 → $206,300 (+7.3%)	$241,600 → $299,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $1,627 (+25.5%)	—

Elmer

Population

1,4361,152

Median household income

$77,734$92,757

Median home value

$192,200$206,300

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,627

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)

	Elmer	Olivet
Under 5	3.8%	10.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	19.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.6%
75 and over	7.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmer	Olivet
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmer	Olivet
No high school diploma	9.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmer	Olivet
Drove alone	76.2%	92.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	1.0%
Other means	0.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmer	Olivet
1-unit, detached	76.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmer	Olivet
Poverty rate	5.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.59	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1984