Marion vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Marion has the higher population (41,690 vs 4,551 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($106,356 vs $87,105 in Marion). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $230,800 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Mount Vernon
Population	41,690	4,551
Median age	40.4 yrs	23.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,105	$106,356
Median home value	$230,800	$256,900
Median gross rent	$978	$802
Housing units	17,680	1,280
Homeownership rate	77.5%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Mount Vernon
Population	39,328 → 41,690 (+6.0%)	4,451 → 4,551 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$72,150 → $87,105 (+20.7%)	$71,552 → $106,356 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$168,700 → $230,800 (+36.8%)	$203,400 → $256,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $978 (+34.9%)	$757 → $802 (+5.9%)

Marion

Population

39,32841,690

Median household income

$72,150$87,105

Median home value

$168,700$230,800

Median gross rent

$725$978

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)

	Marion	Mount Vernon
Under 5	7.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	24.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.0%
75 and over	7.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	24.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	74.2%	64.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	20.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	65.1%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1992	1975