Deal Island vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (885 vs 311 in Deal Island). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $28,125 in Deal Island). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($207,000 vs $129,000 in Deal Island).

Population, income & housing

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
Population	311	885
Median age	62.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$88,500
Median home value	$129,000	$207,000
Housing units	354	446
Homeownership rate	85.4%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
Population	351 → 311 (-11.4%)	966 → 885 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$36,029 → $28,125 (-21.9%)	$48,347 → $88,500 (+83.1%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $129,000 (-12.7%)	$216,000 → $207,000 (-4.2%)

Deal Island

Population

351311

Median household income

$36,029$28,125

Median home value

$147,700$129,000

Mount Vernon

Population

966885

Median household income

$48,347$88,500

Median home value

$216,000$207,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
Under 5	2.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	1.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	25.1%	42.8%
65 to 74	21.5%	7.0%
75 and over	19.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	14.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	38.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	49.3%	88.8%
Carpooled	26.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	6.5%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	84.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Deal Island	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	30.0%	18.8%
Average household size	1.75	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1955	1986