Millvale vs Mount Oliver

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

Millvale 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 3,333 in Millvale). Millvale has the higher median household income ($69,936 vs $50,379 in Mount Oliver). Millvale has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $84,700 in Mount Oliver).

Population, income & housing

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
Population	3,333	3,347
Median age	40.1 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,936	$50,379
Median home value	$109,400	$84,700
Median gross rent	$910	$1,102
Housing units	2,079	1,694
Homeownership rate	42.1%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
Population	3,706 → 3,333 (-10.1%)	3,324 → 3,347 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$41,060 → $69,936 (+70.3%)	$38,795 → $50,379 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $109,400 (+47.6%)	$55,400 → $84,700 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $910 (+26.9%)	$842 → $1,102 (+30.9%)

Millvale

Population

3,7063,333

Median household income

$41,060$69,936

Median home value

$74,100$109,400

Median gross rent

$717$910

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)

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
Under 5	0.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	23.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	18.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.0%
75 and over	3.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	48.0%
Black or African American	8.5%	35.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
Drove alone	59.0%	43.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	19.6%
Public transit	7.1%	26.7%
Walked	8.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	8.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
1-unit, detached	34.4%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	24.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	12.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Millvale	Mount Oliver
Poverty rate	16.5%	19.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938