Livingston vs Mount Vernon

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

Livingston 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 155 in Livingston). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($38,639 vs $28,750 in Livingston). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($100,500 vs $70,800 in Livingston).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
Population	155	2,259
Median age	46.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,750	$38,639
Median home value	$70,800	$100,500
Median gross rent	$394	$660
Housing units	94	1,140
Homeownership rate	57.7%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
Population	123 → 155 (+26.0%)	2,701 → 2,259 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$23,571 → $28,750 (+22.0%)	$23,192 → $38,639 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $70,800 (+7.6%)	$85,700 → $100,500 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $394 (-17.1%)	$535 → $660 (+23.4%)

Livingston

Population

123155

Median household income

$23,571$28,750

Median home value

$65,800$70,800

Median gross rent

$475$394

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)

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
Under 5	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	24.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	4.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	18.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.2%
75 and over	5.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	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	4.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	11.6%	24.3%
High school graduate	38.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	83.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	16.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	72.3%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Livingston	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	36.1%	27.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	1950	1980