Mount Oliver vs Port Vue

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

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

Port Vue has the higher population (3,641 vs 3,347 in Mount Oliver). Port Vue has the higher median household income ($62,204 vs $50,379 in Mount Oliver). Mount Oliver has the higher median home value ($84,700 vs $76,100 in Port Vue).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
Population	3,347	3,641
Median age	37.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,379	$62,204
Median home value	$84,700	$76,100
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,004
Housing units	1,694	1,846
Homeownership rate	42.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
Population	3,324 → 3,347 (+0.7%)	3,697 → 3,641 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$38,795 → $50,379 (+29.9%)	$54,063 → $62,204 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$55,400 → $84,700 (+52.9%)	$70,000 → $76,100 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,102 (+30.9%)	$815 → $1,004 (+23.2%)

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

Port Vue

Population

3,6973,641

Median household income

$54,063$62,204

Median home value

$70,000$76,100

Median gross rent

$815$1,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
Under 5	7.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	23.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	18.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.4%
75 and over	3.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	78.5%
Black or African American	35.5%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	3.2%
Two or more races	6.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
Drove alone	43.8%	84.2%
Carpooled	19.6%	8.2%
Public transit	26.7%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
1-unit, detached	64.8%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	7.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Oliver	Port Vue
Poverty rate	19.2%	10.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1938	1951