Ely vs Mount Vernon

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

Ely 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 2,033 in Ely). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($106,356 vs $102,262 in Ely). Ely has the higher median home value ($275,800 vs $256,900 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Ely	Mount Vernon
Population	2,033	4,551
Median age	37.6 yrs	23.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,262	$106,356
Median home value	$275,800	$256,900
Median gross rent	$1,014	$802
Housing units	801	1,280
Homeownership rate	81.9%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ely	Mount Vernon
Population	2,227 → 2,033 (-8.7%)	4,451 → 4,551 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$94,009 → $102,262 (+8.8%)	$71,552 → $106,356 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $275,800 (+27.4%)	$203,400 → $256,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $1,014 (+37.6%)	$757 → $802 (+5.9%)

Ely

Population

2,2272,033

Median household income

$94,009$102,262

Median home value

$216,400$275,800

Median gross rent

$737$1,014

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)

	Ely	Mount Vernon
Under 5	8.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	24.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.0%
75 and over	1.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ely	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ely	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.1%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ely	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	84.8%	64.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ely	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	79.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Ely	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	4.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1998	1975