Aurora vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Aurora has the higher population (7,331 vs 4,532 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($49,153 vs $46,855 in Aurora). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $108,700 in Aurora).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
Population	7,331	4,532
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,855	$49,153
Median home value	$108,700	$175,000
Median gross rent	$766	$691
Housing units	3,471	1,961
Homeownership rate	67.1%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
Population	7,438 → 7,331 (-1.4%)	4,505 → 4,532 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $46,855 (+20.9%)	$42,689 → $49,153 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $108,700 (+38.3%)	$106,400 → $175,000 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $766 (+9.7%)	$584 → $691 (+18.3%)

Aurora

Population

7,4387,331

Median household income

$38,750$46,855

Median home value

$78,600$108,700

Median gross rent

$698$766

Mount Vernon

Population

4,5054,532

Median household income

$42,689$49,153

Median home value

$106,400$175,000

Median gross rent

$584$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
Under 5	3.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.8%
75 and over	9.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	18.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	42.0%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	74.5%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	10.4%	9.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	72.0%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	17.2%	18.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1973	1978