Bluford vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (14,492 vs 569 in Bluford). Bluford has the higher median household income ($58,500 vs $52,751 in Mount Vernon). Bluford has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $89,700 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
Population	569	14,492
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,500	$52,751
Median home value	$92,200	$89,700
Median gross rent	$810	$893
Housing units	249	7,196
Homeownership rate	76.1%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
Population	715 → 569 (-20.4%)	14,742 → 14,492 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $58,500 (+23.7%)	$40,625 → $52,751 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $92,200 (+41.0%)	$78,600 → $89,700 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $810 (+2.8%)	$714 → $893 (+25.1%)

Bluford

Population

715569

Median household income

$47,292$58,500

Median home value

$65,400$92,200

Median gross rent

$788$810

Mount Vernon

Population

14,74214,492

Median household income

$40,625$52,751

Median home value

$78,600$89,700

Median gross rent

$714$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
Under 5	9.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	22.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	4.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	74.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	78.3%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bluford	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	17.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	14
Median year structure built	1977	1967