Mount OliveAL
Population 208: a town settled in 1852.
Is Mount Olive a good place to live?
87% of households are owner-occupiers in Mount Olive, above both Alabama’s towns (69%) and U.S. towns (73%). Mount Olive has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
208 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Olive.
Few of Mount Olive’s working residents work in town
The share of residents in Mount Olive who live below the poverty line: 12%. Half commute less than 27 miles. The top destinations are Sylacauga (14%), Birmingham (5%) and Alexander City (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Mount Olive is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Mount Olive’s FEMA risk score comes in at 78 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 67% come from inland flooding and 13% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Mount Olive after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Mount Olive’s year
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 33° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Mount Olive is
For adults in Mount Olive, the share who worry about having enough food is 21%. Among adults in the town, 17% have diabetes and 19% smoke cigarettes.
| Mount Olive | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 43% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Mount Olive | AL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 7.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.2% | 15.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Mount Olive is conserved land
1.3 miles of trail. Mount Olive’s trail density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Mount Olive
Moving to Mount Olive: who provides what
Mount Olive is unincorporated, so Coosa County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Mount Olive for work
Where Mount Olive’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mount Olive; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Mount Olive residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Mount Olive
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Mount Olive is a census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 311 as of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 8.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 823 ft
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