Brackenridge vs Mount Oliver

A side-by-side comparison of Brackenridge and Mount Oliver: population, income, housing, and more.

Brackenridge and Mount Oliver are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Oliver has the higher population (3,347 vs 3,203 in Brackenridge). Mount Oliver has the higher median household income ($50,379 vs $49,929 in Brackenridge). Brackenridge has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $84,700 in Mount Oliver).

Population, income & housing

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
Population	3,203	3,347
Median age	50.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,929	$50,379
Median home value	$87,700	$84,700
Median gross rent	$712	$1,102
Housing units	1,841	1,694
Homeownership rate	66.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
Population	3,175 → 3,203 (+0.9%)	3,324 → 3,347 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$41,204 → $49,929 (+21.2%)	$38,795 → $50,379 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $87,700 (+23.9%)	$55,400 → $84,700 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $712 (+0.6%)	$842 → $1,102 (+30.9%)

Brackenridge

Population

3,1753,203

Median household income

$41,204$49,929

Median home value

$70,800$87,700

Median gross rent

$708$712

Mount Oliver

Population

3,3243,347

Median household income

$38,795$50,379

Median home value

$55,400$84,700

Median gross rent

$842$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
Under 5	4.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	7.7%	23.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	18.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	20.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	18.5%	9.0%
75 and over	5.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	48.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	35.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
Drove alone	77.9%	43.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	19.6%
Public transit	3.4%	26.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
1-unit, detached	65.9%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brackenridge	Mount Oliver
Poverty rate	11.8%	19.2%
Average household size	1.89	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938