Mount Olive is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,498 people and five associated neighborhoods, Mount Olive is the 194th largest community in North Carolina.

In addition, Mount Olive is a college town. There are a lot of students in Mount Olive attending college, and as a result Mount Olive provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

The citizens of Mount Olive are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.77% of adults in Mount Olive having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mount Olive in 2022 was $25,344, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,376 for a family of four. However, Mount Olive contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Olive is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mount Olive home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Olive residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Mount Olive include English, Haitian, Irish, German, and Scots-Irish.

Mount Olive also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.15%.

The most common language spoken in Mount Olive is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and French Creole.