Higgston vs Mount Vernon

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

Higgston 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 400 in Higgston). Since 2019, Higgston's population has grown faster (-6.5% vs -16.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
Population	400	2,080
Median age	36.7 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,202
Median home value	—	$97,000
Median gross rent	$946	$702
Housing units	172	862
Homeownership rate	46.1%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
Population	428 → 400 (-6.5%)	2,503 → 2,080 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $32,196 (-8.0%)	$29,698 → $35,202 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $87,500 (-16.0%)	$84,200 → $97,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $946 (+45.5%)	$636 → $702 (+10.4%)

Higgston

Population

428400

Median household income

$35,000$32,196

Median home value

$104,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$650$946

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)

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	21.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.3%
75 and over	8.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	41.4%
Black or African American	37.3%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	12.1%	15.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	93.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	12.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	45.9%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.4%	29.1%

Poverty & households

	Higgston	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	15.8%	30.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1999	1984