Ina vs Mount Vernon

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

Ina 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 1,600 in Ina). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($52,751 vs $46,250 in Ina). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($89,700 vs $88,500 in Ina).

Population, income & housing

	Ina	Mount Vernon
Population	1,600	14,492
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$52,751
Median home value	$88,500	$89,700
Median gross rent	$538	$893
Housing units	236	7,196
Homeownership rate	62.9%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ina	Mount Vernon
Population	2,410 → 1,600 (-33.6%)	14,742 → 14,492 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$40,455 → $46,250 (+14.3%)	$40,625 → $52,751 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $88,500 (+31.7%)	$78,600 → $89,700 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $538 (-15.7%)	$714 → $893 (+25.1%)

Ina

Population

2,4101,600

Median household income

$40,455$46,250

Median home value

$67,200$88,500

Median gross rent

$638$538

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)

	Ina	Mount Vernon
Under 5	3.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	7.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	19.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.7%
75 and over	4.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ina	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	75.4%
Black or African American	23.6%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ina	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	36.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ina	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	87.5%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ina	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	66.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Ina	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	31.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1985	1967