Mar-Mac vs Mount Olive

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

Mar-Mac 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 2,802 in Mar-Mac). Mar-Mac has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $45,869 in Mount Olive). Mar-Mac has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $117,200 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
Population	2,802	4,204
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$45,869
Median home value	$139,800	$117,200
Median gross rent	$889	$916
Housing units	1,401	1,855
Homeownership rate	63.1%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
Population	3,368 → 2,802 (-16.8%)	4,674 → 4,204 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$44,143 → $53,125 (+20.3%)	$35,982 → $45,869 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$128,200 → $139,800 (+9.0%)	$87,400 → $117,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $889 (+27.2%)	$715 → $916 (+28.1%)

Mar-Mac

Population

3,3682,802

Median household income

$44,143$53,125

Median home value

$128,200$139,800

Median gross rent

$699$889

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)

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
Under 5	7.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	18.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.7%
75 and over	8.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	33.5%
Black or African American	30.4%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	18.2%	20.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
Drove alone	94.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	50.5%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Mar-Mac	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	21.5%	21.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1984	1962