Etna vs Mount Oliver

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

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

Etna has the higher population (3,383 vs 3,347 in Mount Oliver). Mount Oliver has the higher median household income ($50,379 vs $48,955 in Etna). Etna has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $84,700 in Mount Oliver).

Population, income & housing

	Etna	Mount Oliver
Population	3,383	3,347
Median age	43.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,955	$50,379
Median home value	$115,400	$84,700
Median gross rent	$937	$1,102
Housing units	1,812	1,694
Homeownership rate	49.6%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etna	Mount Oliver
Population	3,350 → 3,383 (+1.0%)	3,324 → 3,347 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$49,432 → $48,955 (-1.0%)	$38,795 → $50,379 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $115,400 (+29.8%)	$55,400 → $84,700 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $937 (+28.2%)	$842 → $1,102 (+30.9%)

Etna

Population

3,3503,383

Median household income

$49,432$48,955

Median home value

$88,900$115,400

Median gross rent

$731$937

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)

	Etna	Mount Oliver
Under 5	6.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	18.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.0%
75 and over	8.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etna	Mount Oliver
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	48.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	35.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	3.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etna	Mount Oliver
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etna	Mount Oliver
Drove alone	67.2%	43.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	19.6%
Public transit	6.8%	26.7%
Walked	5.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	8.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etna	Mount Oliver
1-unit, detached	63.7%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Etna	Mount Oliver
Poverty rate	15.8%	19.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938