Mount Vernon vs Wadesville

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

Mount Vernon and Wadesville 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 778 in Wadesville). Wadesville has the higher median household income ($92,745 vs $61,527 in Mount Vernon). Wadesville has the higher median home value ($187,000 vs $164,200 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
Population	6,431	778
Median age	40.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,527	$92,745
Median home value	$164,200	$187,000
Median gross rent	$726	—
Housing units	3,180	345
Homeownership rate	66.3%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
Population	6,584 → 6,431 (-2.3%)	517 → 778 (+50.5%)
Median household income	$52,031 → $61,527 (+18.3%)	—
Median home value	$123,200 → $164,200 (+33.3%)	$162,500 → $187,000 (+15.1%)
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

Wadesville

Population

517778

Median home value

$162,500$187,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
Under 5	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	25.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	20.6%
75 and over	8.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
No high school diploma	7.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	37.4%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
Drove alone	86.4%	90.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
1-unit, detached	75.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Wadesville
Poverty rate	12.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1972	1975