Mount Vernon vs Poseyville

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

Mount Vernon and Poseyville 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 1,131 in Poseyville). Poseyville has the higher median household income ($70,455 vs $61,527 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $131,500 in Poseyville).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
Population	6,431	1,131
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,527	$70,455
Median home value	$164,200	$131,500
Median gross rent	$726	$722
Housing units	3,180	508
Homeownership rate	66.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
Population	6,584 → 6,431 (-2.3%)	905 → 1,131 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$52,031 → $61,527 (+18.3%)	$46,176 → $70,455 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $164,200 (+33.3%)	$117,400 → $131,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $726 (+4.0%)	$609 → $722 (+18.6%)

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

Poseyville

Population

9051,131

Median household income

$46,176$70,455

Median home value

$117,400$131,500

Median gross rent

$609$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
Under 5	6.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.9%
75 and over	8.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
No high school diploma	7.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	37.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
Drove alone	86.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
1-unit, detached	75.6%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Poseyville
Poverty rate	12.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1972	1969