Mount Vernon vs Parkers Settlement

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (6,431 vs 573 in Parkers Settlement). Parkers Settlement has the higher median household income ($86,429 vs $61,527 in Mount Vernon). Parkers Settlement has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $164,200 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
Population	6,431	573
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,527	$86,429
Median home value	$164,200	$200,000
Median gross rent	$726	—
Housing units	3,180	238
Homeownership rate	66.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
Population	6,584 → 6,431 (-2.3%)	537 → 573 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$52,031 → $61,527 (+18.3%)	$64,333 → $86,429 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $164,200 (+33.3%)	$133,100 → $200,000 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $726 (+4.0%)	—

Mount Vernon

Population

6,5846,431

Median household income

$52,031$61,527

Median home value

$123,200$164,200

Median gross rent

$698$726

Parkers Settlement

Population

537573

Median household income

$64,333$86,429

Median home value

$133,100$200,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
Under 5	6.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.9%
75 and over	8.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	37.4%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
Drove alone	86.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
1-unit, detached	75.6%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Parkers Settlement
Poverty rate	12.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1972	1985