Goldsboro vs Mount Olive

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

Goldsboro 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.

Goldsboro has the higher population (33,448 vs 4,204 in Mount Olive). Goldsboro has the higher median household income ($47,005 vs $45,869 in Mount Olive). Goldsboro has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $117,200 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
Population	33,448	4,204
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,005	$45,869
Median home value	$173,700	$117,200
Median gross rent	$956	$916
Housing units	16,974	1,855
Homeownership rate	39.2%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
Population	34,647 → 33,448 (-3.5%)	4,674 → 4,204 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$34,083 → $47,005 (+37.9%)	$35,982 → $45,869 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $173,700 (+36.4%)	$87,400 → $117,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $956 (+20.9%)	$715 → $916 (+28.1%)

Goldsboro

Population

34,64733,448

Median household income

$34,083$47,005

Median home value

$127,300$173,700

Median gross rent

$791$956

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)

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
Under 5	6.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	18.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.7%
75 and over	8.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	33.5%
Black or African American	53.1%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	11.7%	20.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
Drove alone	78.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	17.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	52.8%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Goldsboro	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	20.8%	21.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1974	1962