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.Mount Olive is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Olive is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Olive who work in office and administrative support (10.17%), teaching (9.39%), and sales jobs (8.15%).Because there are quite a few people attending college in Mount Olive, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Mount Olive provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. 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. In addition, Mount Olive has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.15%). The most common language spoken in Mount Olive is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and French Creole.
