Dix vs Mount Vernon

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

Dix 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 557 in Dix). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($52,751 vs $28,750 in Dix). Dix has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $89,700 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Dix	Mount Vernon
Population	557	14,492
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,750	$52,751
Median home value	$93,000	$89,700
Median gross rent	$459	$893
Housing units	269	7,196
Homeownership rate	57.1%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dix	Mount Vernon
Population	437 → 557 (+27.5%)	14,742 → 14,492 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$23,750 → $28,750 (+21.1%)	$40,625 → $52,751 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $93,000 (+25.8%)	$78,600 → $89,700 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$280 → $459 (+63.9%)	$714 → $893 (+25.1%)

Dix

Population

437557

Median household income

$23,750$28,750

Median home value

$73,900$93,000

Median gross rent

$280$459

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)

	Dix	Mount Vernon
Under 5	4.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dix	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	75.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dix	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.4%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dix	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	82.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	14.8%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dix	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	46.8%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	32.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Dix	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	17.3%	18.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1983	1967