Elroy vs Mount Olive

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

Elroy 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 3,507 in Elroy). Elroy has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $45,869 in Mount Olive). Elroy has the higher median home value ($120,500 vs $117,200 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Elroy	Mount Olive
Population	3,507	4,204
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$45,869
Median home value	$120,500	$117,200
Median gross rent	$920	$916
Housing units	1,528	1,855
Homeownership rate	73.0%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elroy	Mount Olive
Population	3,949 → 3,507 (-11.2%)	4,674 → 4,204 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$44,691 → $54,375 (+21.7%)	$35,982 → $45,869 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $120,500 (+27.6%)	$87,400 → $117,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $920 (+25.0%)	$715 → $916 (+28.1%)

Elroy

Population

3,9493,507

Median household income

$44,691$54,375

Median home value

$94,400$120,500

Median gross rent

$736$920

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)

	Elroy	Mount Olive
Under 5	5.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	18.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.7%
75 and over	6.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elroy	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	33.5%
Black or African American	28.1%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elroy	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	14.5%	20.8%
High school graduate	32.2%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elroy	Mount Olive
Drove alone	85.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elroy	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	61.5%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Elroy	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	15.8%	21.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1978	1962