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 less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.06% of adults in Mount Olive have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Mount Olive in 2018 was $27,462, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,848 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, German, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Mount Olive is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and French.
