Brodhead vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (2,259 vs 1,339 in Brodhead). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($38,639 vs $28,523 in Brodhead). Brodhead has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $100,500 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
Population	1,339	2,259
Median age	33.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,523	$38,639
Median home value	$112,500	$100,500
Median gross rent	$593	$660
Housing units	569	1,140
Homeownership rate	44.2%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
Population	1,500 → 1,339 (-10.7%)	2,701 → 2,259 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$24,013 → $28,523 (+18.8%)	$23,192 → $38,639 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $112,500 (+41.5%)	$85,700 → $100,500 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $593 (-1.7%)	$535 → $660 (+23.4%)

Brodhead

Population

1,5001,339

Median household income

$24,013$28,523

Median home value

$79,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$603$593

Mount Vernon

Population

2,7012,259

Median household income

$23,192$38,639

Median home value

$85,700$100,500

Median gross rent

$535$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
Under 5	8.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	17.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	5.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	8.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	21.2%	24.3%
High school graduate	41.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	73.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.5%
Other means	3.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	54.0%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Brodhead	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	37.5%	27.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1987	1980