Cedar Rapids vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Cedar Rapids has the higher population (136,859 vs 4,551 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($106,356 vs $67,859 in Cedar Rapids). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $177,100 in Cedar Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
Population	136,859	4,551
Median age	36.9 yrs	23.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,859	$106,356
Median home value	$177,100	$256,900
Median gross rent	$925	$802
Housing units	63,669	1,280
Homeownership rate	68.2%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
Population	132,301 → 136,859 (+3.4%)	4,451 → 4,551 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$58,511 → $67,859 (+16.0%)	$71,552 → $106,356 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$141,800 → $177,100 (+24.9%)	$203,400 → $256,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $925 (+20.6%)	$757 → $802 (+5.9%)

Cedar Rapids

Population

132,301136,859

Median household income

$58,511$67,859

Median home value

$141,800$177,100

Median gross rent

$767$925

Mount Vernon

Population

4,4514,551

Median household income

$71,552$106,356

Median home value

$203,400$256,900

Median gross rent

$757$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
Under 5	5.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	24.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.0%
75 and over	7.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	8.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	77.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	20.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	62.1%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Rapids	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1973	1975