Olivet vs Penns Grove

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

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

Penns Grove has the higher population (4,860 vs 1,647 in Olivet). Olivet has the higher median household income ($122,193 vs $43,889 in Penns Grove). Olivet has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $170,100 in Penns Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Olivet	Penns Grove
Population	1,647	4,860
Median age	35.4 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$122,193	$43,889
Median home value	$299,000	$170,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,031
Housing units	514	1,838
Homeownership rate	97.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olivet	Penns Grove
Population	1,394 → 1,647 (+18.1%)	4,816 → 4,860 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$110,517 → $122,193 (+10.6%)	$31,940 → $43,889 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$241,600 → $299,000 (+23.8%)	$127,000 → $170,100 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,028 → $1,031 (+0.3%)

Olivet

Population

1,3941,647

Median household income

$110,517$122,193

Median home value

$241,600$299,000

Penns Grove

Population

4,8164,860

Median household income

$31,940$43,889

Median home value

$127,000$170,100

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olivet	Penns Grove
Under 5	10.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	33.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.5%
75 and over	2.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olivet	Penns Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	32.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	30.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	31.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olivet	Penns Grove
No high school diploma	2.7%	19.1%
High school graduate	43.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olivet	Penns Grove
Drove alone	92.5%	86.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	1.2%
Other means	3.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olivet	Penns Grove
1-unit, detached	100.0%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olivet	Penns Grove
Poverty rate	10.0%	36.3%
Average household size	3.20	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1984	1956