Alston vs Mount Vernon

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

Alston 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 158 in Alston). Alston has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $35,202 in Mount Vernon). Alston has the higher median home value ($130,600 vs $97,000 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Alston	Mount Vernon
Population	158	2,080
Median age	55.7 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$35,202
Median home value	$130,600	$97,000
Median gross rent	—	$702
Housing units	71	862
Homeownership rate	96.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alston	Mount Vernon
Population	180 → 158 (-12.2%)	2,503 → 2,080 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $71,875 (+161.4%)	$29,698 → $35,202 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $130,600 (+16.1%)	$84,200 → $97,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$636 → $702 (+10.4%)

Alston

Population

180158

Median household income

$27,500$71,875

Median home value

$112,500$130,600

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)

	Alston	Mount Vernon
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	21.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	29.1%	7.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alston	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	41.4%
Black or African American	8.2%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alston	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	0.7%	15.5%
High school graduate	68.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alston	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	98.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	1.6%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alston	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	73.2%	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	26.8%	29.1%

Poverty & households

	Alston	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	21.5%	30.9%
Average household size	3.04	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1987	1984