Mount Vernon vs Princess Anne

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

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

Princess Anne has the higher population (3,461 vs 885 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $50,000 in Princess Anne). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($207,000 vs $152,400 in Princess Anne).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
Population	885	3,461
Median age	55.4 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,500	$50,000
Median home value	$207,000	$152,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,183
Housing units	446	1,797
Homeownership rate	93.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
Population	966 → 885 (-8.4%)	3,487 → 3,461 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$48,347 → $88,500 (+83.1%)	$34,213 → $50,000 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$216,000 → $207,000 (-4.2%)	$143,500 → $152,400 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$869 → $1,183 (+36.1%)

Mount Vernon

Population

966885

Median household income

$48,347$88,500

Median home value

$216,000$207,000

Princess Anne

Population

3,4873,461

Median household income

$34,213$50,000

Median home value

$143,500$152,400

Median gross rent

$869$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
Under 5	0.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	21.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	42.8%	4.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	5.5%
75 and over	7.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	23.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	61.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	33.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
Drove alone	88.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
1-unit, detached	83.6%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	34.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Princess Anne
Poverty rate	18.8%	21.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1986	1998