Mount Vernon vs Pierce City

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (4,532 vs 1,472 in Pierce City). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($49,153 vs $45,000 in Pierce City). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $112,000 in Pierce City).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
Population	4,532	1,472
Median age	35.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,153	$45,000
Median home value	$175,000	$112,000
Median gross rent	$691	$779
Housing units	1,961	567
Homeownership rate	56.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
Population	4,505 → 4,532 (+0.6%)	1,271 → 1,472 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$42,689 → $49,153 (+15.1%)	$37,500 → $45,000 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $175,000 (+64.5%)	$87,800 → $112,000 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $691 (+18.3%)	$642 → $779 (+21.3%)

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

Pierce City

Population

1,2711,472

Median household income

$37,500$45,000

Median home value

$87,800$112,000

Median gross rent

$642$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
Under 5	7.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	30.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	3.8%
75 and over	11.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	70.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
No high school diploma	10.4%	17.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
Drove alone	69.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	16.8%	24.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	11.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
1-unit, detached	82.2%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Pierce City
Poverty rate	18.4%	29.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1978	1967