Mount Vernon vs Wooster

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

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

Wooster has the higher population (1,135 vs 185 in Mount Vernon). Wooster has the higher median household income ($107,813 vs $39,167 in Mount Vernon). Wooster has the higher median home value ($292,900 vs $125,000 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
Population	185	1,135
Median age	35.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$107,813
Median home value	$125,000	$292,900
Median gross rent	$630	$1,100
Housing units	62	387
Homeownership rate	53.6%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
Population	166 → 185 (+11.4%)	1,188 → 1,135 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $39,167 (-15.3%)	$78,214 → $107,813 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $125,000 (+42.2%)	$205,800 → $292,900 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $630 (+14.5%)	$725 → $1,100 (+51.7%)

Mount Vernon

Population

166185

Median household income

$46,250$39,167

Median home value

$87,900$125,000

Median gross rent

$550$630

Wooster

Population

1,1881,135

Median household income

$78,214$107,813

Median home value

$205,800$292,900

Median gross rent

$725$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
Under 5	18.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	33.5%
18 to 24	1.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	4.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.0%
75 and over	3.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
No high school diploma	14.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	50.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
Drove alone	70.2%	85.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
1-unit, detached	72.6%	97.2%
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	27.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Wooster
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.9%
Average household size	3.30	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1977	2003