Dudley vs Mount Olive

A side-by-side comparison of Dudley and Mount Olive: population, income, housing, and more.

Dudley and Mount Olive are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Olive has the higher population (4,204 vs 2,320 in Dudley). Dudley has the higher median household income ($46,389 vs $45,869 in Mount Olive). Mount Olive has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $100,700 in Dudley).

Population, income & housing

	Dudley	Mount Olive
Population	2,320	4,204
Median age	27.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,389	$45,869
Median home value	$100,700	$117,200
Median gross rent	$728	$916
Housing units	733	1,855
Homeownership rate	64.4%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dudley	Mount Olive
Population	1,841 → 2,320 (+26.0%)	4,674 → 4,204 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$63,484 → $46,389 (-26.9%)	$35,982 → $45,869 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $100,700 (+30.1%)	$87,400 → $117,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $728 (+11.7%)	$715 → $916 (+28.1%)

Dudley

Population

1,8412,320

Median household income

$63,484$46,389

Median home value

$77,400$100,700

Median gross rent

$652$728

Mount Olive

Population

4,6744,204

Median household income

$35,982$45,869

Median home value

$87,400$117,200

Median gross rent

$715$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dudley	Mount Olive
Under 5	15.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	15.0%	18.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	4.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.7%
75 and over	3.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dudley	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	33.5%
Black or African American	42.1%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dudley	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	48.9%	20.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	2.7%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dudley	Mount Olive
Drove alone	71.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dudley	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	12.8%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	87.2%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Dudley	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	28.7%	21.7%
Average household size	3.56	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1991	1962