Axis vs Mount Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Axis and Mount Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

Axis and Mount Vernon are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Vernon has the higher population (1,339 vs 243 in Axis). Axis has the higher median household income ($86,111 vs $41,250 in Mount Vernon). Axis has the higher median home value ($183,800 vs $114,400 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Axis	Mount Vernon
Population	243	1,339
Median age	59.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,111	$41,250
Median home value	$183,800	$114,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,106
Housing units	102	566
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Axis	Mount Vernon
Population	1,180 → 243 (-79.4%)	1,450 → 1,339 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $86,111 (+49.2%)	$37,269 → $41,250 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $183,800 (+49.6%)	$87,400 → $114,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$746 → $1,106 (+48.3%)

Axis

Population

1,180243

Median household income

$57,734$86,111

Median home value

$122,900$183,800

Mount Vernon

Population

1,4501,339

Median household income

$37,269$41,250

Median home value

$87,400$114,400

Median gross rent

$746$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Axis	Mount Vernon
Under 5	2.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	21.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	40.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.1%
75 and over	18.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Axis	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	22.6%
Black or African American	5.3%	73.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Axis	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	25.2%	16.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Axis	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	100.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Axis	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Axis	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1988	1969