Mount Vernon vs Robins

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

Mount Vernon and Robins 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 3,349 in Robins). Robins has the higher median household income ($122,500 vs $106,356 in Mount Vernon). Robins has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $256,900 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Robins
Population	4,551	3,349
Median age	23.7 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,356	$122,500
Median home value	$256,900	$370,500
Median gross rent	$802	$955
Housing units	1,280	1,188
Homeownership rate	87.6%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Robins
Population	4,451 → 4,551 (+2.2%)	3,457 → 3,349 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$71,552 → $106,356 (+48.6%)	$131,078 → $122,500 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$203,400 → $256,900 (+26.3%)	$295,200 → $370,500 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $802 (+5.9%)	$1,545 → $955 (-38.2%)

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

Robins

Population

3,4573,349

Median household income

$131,078$122,500

Median home value

$295,200$370,500

Median gross rent

$1,545$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Robins
Under 5	3.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	24.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	2.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Robins
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Robins
No high school diploma	6.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	14.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Robins
Drove alone	64.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Robins
1-unit, detached	78.8%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Robins
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.97	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1975	2002