Mount Vernon vs Smith Island

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

Mount Vernon and Smith Island 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 340 in Smith Island). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $82,443 in Smith Island). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($207,000 vs $104,800 in Smith Island).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
Population	885	340
Median age	55.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,500	$82,443
Median home value	$207,000	$104,800
Housing units	446	247
Homeownership rate	93.4%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
Population	966 → 885 (-8.4%)	149 → 340 (+128.2%)
Median household income	$48,347 → $88,500 (+83.1%)	$69,688 → $82,443 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$216,000 → $207,000 (-4.2%)	$110,800 → $104,800 (-5.4%)

Mount Vernon

Population

966885

Median household income

$48,347$88,500

Median home value

$216,000$207,000

Smith Island

Population

149340

Median household income

$69,688$82,443

Median home value

$110,800$104,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	19.1%
55 to 64	42.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	26.5%
75 and over	7.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.5%
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	6.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
No high school diploma	5.3%	45.0%
High school graduate	33.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
Drove alone	88.8%	31.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
1-unit, detached	83.6%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	16.4%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Smith Island
Poverty rate	18.8%	17.9%
Average household size	2.43	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	9
Median year structure built	1986	1950