Belle Fontaine vs Mount Vernon

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

Belle Fontaine 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 853 in Belle Fontaine). Belle Fontaine has the higher median household income ($100,144 vs $41,250 in Mount Vernon). Belle Fontaine has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $114,400 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
Population	853	1,339
Median age	44.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,144	$41,250
Median home value	$180,200	$114,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,106
Housing units	326	566
Homeownership rate	59.4%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
Population	564 → 853 (+51.2%)	1,450 → 1,339 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$53,807 → $100,144 (+86.1%)	$37,269 → $41,250 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $180,200 (+53.8%)	$87,400 → $114,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$746 → $1,106 (+48.3%)

Belle Fontaine

Population

564853

Median household income

$53,807$100,144

Median home value

$117,200$180,200

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)

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
Under 5	5.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.6%	21.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	21.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.1%
75 and over	1.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	22.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	73.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	12.4%	16.5%
High school graduate	48.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	72.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	19.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	72.7%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	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	26.1%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Belle Fontaine	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	10.9%	22.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1989	1969