Mount Vernon vs Woodlawn

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

Mount Vernon and Woodlawn 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 646 in Woodlawn). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($70,455 vs $52,751 in Mount Vernon). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $89,700 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
Population	14,492	646
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,751	$70,455
Median home value	$89,700	$130,500
Median gross rent	$893	$905
Housing units	7,196	293
Homeownership rate	53.4%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
Population	14,742 → 14,492 (-1.7%)	643 → 646 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $52,751 (+29.8%)	$57,917 → $70,455 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $89,700 (+14.1%)	$83,900 → $130,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $893 (+25.1%)	$625 → $905 (+44.8%)

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

Woodlawn

Population

643646

Median household income

$57,917$70,455

Median home value

$83,900$130,500

Median gross rent

$625$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
Under 5	6.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.4%
75 and over	8.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	89.0%
Black or African American	11.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
Drove alone	79.5%	92.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	3.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	2.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	69.5%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	18.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1967	1985