Crisfield vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Crisfield has the higher population (2,468 vs 885 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $49,602 in Crisfield). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($207,000 vs $137,100 in Crisfield).

Population, income & housing

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
Population	2,468	885
Median age	35.6 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,602	$88,500
Median home value	$137,100	$207,000
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	1,450	446
Homeownership rate	51.7%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
Population	2,601 → 2,468 (-5.1%)	966 → 885 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $49,602 (+67.1%)	$48,347 → $88,500 (+83.1%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $137,100 (+27.3%)	$216,000 → $207,000 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $725 (+41.9%)	—

Crisfield

Population

2,6012,468

Median household income

$29,688$49,602

Median home value

$107,700$137,100

Median gross rent

$511$725

Mount Vernon

Population

966885

Median household income

$48,347$88,500

Median home value

$216,000$207,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
Under 5	7.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	42.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.0%
75 and over	7.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	87.6%
Black or African American	31.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	15.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	82.8%	88.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	61.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Crisfield	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	20.3%	18.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1980	1986