Center Point vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (4,551 vs 2,575 in Center Point). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($106,356 vs $92,500 in Center Point). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $215,800 in Center Point).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
Population	2,575	4,551
Median age	36.8 yrs	23.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$106,356
Median home value	$215,800	$256,900
Median gross rent	$1,022	$802
Housing units	1,048	1,280
Homeownership rate	76.6%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
Population	2,543 → 2,575 (+1.3%)	4,451 → 4,551 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$80,577 → $92,500 (+14.8%)	$71,552 → $106,356 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $215,800 (+31.4%)	$203,400 → $256,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,022 (+40.2%)	$757 → $802 (+5.9%)

Center Point

Population

2,5432,575

Median household income

$80,577$92,500

Median home value

$164,200$215,800

Median gross rent

$729$1,022

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)

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
Under 5	6.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	24.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.0%
75 and over	4.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	28.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	73.1%	64.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	85.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	4.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1977	1975