Creola vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Creola has the higher population (2,489 vs 1,339 in Mount Vernon). Creola has the higher median household income ($68,594 vs $41,250 in Mount Vernon). Creola has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $114,400 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Creola	Mount Vernon
Population	2,489	1,339
Median age	34.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,594	$41,250
Median home value	$187,500	$114,400
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,106
Housing units	819	566
Homeownership rate	85.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creola	Mount Vernon
Population	1,871 → 2,489 (+33.0%)	1,450 → 1,339 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$45,673 → $68,594 (+50.2%)	$37,269 → $41,250 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$135,300 → $187,500 (+38.6%)	$87,400 → $114,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $1,042 (+40.4%)	$746 → $1,106 (+48.3%)

Creola

Population

1,8712,489

Median household income

$45,673$68,594

Median home value

$135,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$742$1,042

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)

	Creola	Mount Vernon
Under 5	8.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	21.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.1%
75 and over	6.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creola	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	22.6%
Black or African American	12.4%	73.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creola	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	16.5%	16.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creola	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	93.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creola	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	81.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Creola	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	23.9%	22.7%
Average household size	3.12	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1980	1969