Ailey vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (2,080 vs 530 in Ailey). Ailey has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $35,202 in Mount Vernon). Ailey has the higher median home value ($136,600 vs $97,000 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
Population	530	2,080
Median age	27.5 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,708	$35,202
Median home value	$136,600	$97,000
Median gross rent	$753	$702
Housing units	164	862
Homeownership rate	74.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
Population	624 → 530 (-15.1%)	2,503 → 2,080 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$62,625 → $62,708 (+0.1%)	$29,698 → $35,202 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $136,600 (+42.3%)	$84,200 → $97,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $753 (+16.2%)	$636 → $702 (+10.4%)

Ailey

Population

624530

Median household income

$62,625$62,708

Median home value

$96,000$136,600

Median gross rent

$648$753

Mount Vernon

Population

2,5032,080

Median household income

$29,698$35,202

Median home value

$84,200$97,000

Median gross rent

$636$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
Under 5	3.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	30.4%	21.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	5.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.3%
75 and over	8.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	41.4%
Black or African American	22.6%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	6.2%	15.5%
High school graduate	22.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	73.0%	72.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	95.1%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	29.1%

Poverty & households

	Ailey	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	2.8%	30.9%
Average household size	2.93	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1972	1984