Dauphin Island vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Dauphin Island has the higher population (1,944 vs 1,339 in Mount Vernon). Dauphin Island has the higher median household income ($64,615 vs $41,250 in Mount Vernon). Dauphin Island has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $114,400 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
Population	1,944	1,339
Median age	60.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,615	$41,250
Median home value	$387,400	$114,400
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,106
Housing units	2,283	566
Homeownership rate	97.9%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
Population	1,324 → 1,944 (+46.8%)	1,450 → 1,339 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$87,596 → $64,615 (-26.2%)	$37,269 → $41,250 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$257,600 → $387,400 (+50.4%)	$87,400 → $114,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,111 → $1,750 (+57.5%)	$746 → $1,106 (+48.3%)

Dauphin Island

Population

1,3241,944

Median household income

$87,596$64,615

Median home value

$257,600$387,400

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,750

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)

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
Under 5	2.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	4.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	21.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	24.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	20.9%	10.1%
75 and over	14.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	22.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	73.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	3.5%	16.5%
High school graduate	20.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	72.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	6.3%
Other means	1.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	85.3%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Dauphin Island	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	3.2%	22.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1993	1969