Hiawatha vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Hiawatha has the higher population (7,178 vs 4,551 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($106,356 vs $67,628 in Hiawatha). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $210,200 in Hiawatha).

Population, income & housing

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
Population	7,178	4,551
Median age	33.4 yrs	23.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,628	$106,356
Median home value	$210,200	$256,900
Median gross rent	$846	$802
Housing units	3,197	1,280
Homeownership rate	68.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
Population	7,333 → 7,178 (-2.1%)	4,451 → 4,551 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,191 → $67,628 (+40.3%)	$71,552 → $106,356 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $210,200 (+46.5%)	$203,400 → $256,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $846 (+9.4%)	$757 → $802 (+5.9%)

Hiawatha

Population

7,3337,178

Median household income

$48,191$67,628

Median home value

$143,500$210,200

Median gross rent

$773$846

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)

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
Under 5	8.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	24.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.0%
75 and over	5.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	24.0%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	84.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	20.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	53.7%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	9.2%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Hiawatha	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	15.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1992	1975