Olivet vs Pennsville

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

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

Pennsville has the higher population (12,238 vs 1,647 in Olivet). Olivet has the higher median household income ($122,193 vs $75,162 in Pennsville). Olivet has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $188,100 in Pennsville).

Population, income & housing

	Olivet	Pennsville
Population	1,647	12,238
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,193	$75,162
Median home value	$299,000	$188,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,225
Housing units	514	5,576
Homeownership rate	97.9%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olivet	Pennsville
Population	1,394 → 1,647 (+18.1%)	11,164 → 12,238 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$110,517 → $122,193 (+10.6%)	$67,043 → $75,162 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$241,600 → $299,000 (+23.8%)	$153,700 → $188,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,014 → $1,225 (+20.8%)

Olivet

Population

1,3941,647

Median household income

$110,517$122,193

Median home value

$241,600$299,000

Pennsville

Population

11,16412,238

Median household income

$67,043$75,162

Median home value

$153,700$188,100

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olivet	Pennsville
Under 5	10.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.3%
75 and over	2.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olivet	Pennsville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olivet	Pennsville
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	43.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olivet	Pennsville
Drove alone	92.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	8.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olivet	Pennsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Olivet	Pennsville
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1984	1963