Mount Olive vs Walnut Creek

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

Mount Olive and Walnut Creek 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 1,684 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $45,869 in Mount Olive). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $117,200 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
Population	4,204	1,684
Median age	39.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,869	$145,417
Median home value	$117,200	$423,800
Median gross rent	$916	$1,756
Housing units	1,855	599
Homeownership rate	53.4%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
Population	4,674 → 4,204 (-10.1%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$35,982 → $45,869 (+27.5%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$87,400 → $117,200 (+34.1%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $916 (+28.1%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

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

Walnut Creek

Population

9941,684

Median household income

$132,500$145,417

Median home value

$373,600$423,800

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
Under 5	1.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	18.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.4%
75 and over	10.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	53.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	20.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	76.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	17.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	70.8%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Olive	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	21.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1962	1988