Harrison vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (72,528 vs 29,279 in Harrison). Harrison has the higher median household income ($153,273 vs $77,171 in Mount Vernon). Harrison has the higher median home value ($1,001,900 vs $449,600 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
Population	29,279	72,528
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,273	$77,171
Median home value	$1,001,900	$449,600
Median gross rent	$2,585	$1,546
Housing units	9,283	30,890
Homeownership rate	62.0%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
Population	28,135 → 29,279 (+4.1%)	67,896 → 72,528 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$123,030 → $153,273 (+24.6%)	$59,907 → $77,171 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$850,500 → $1,001,900 (+17.8%)	$362,200 → $449,600 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,222 → $2,585 (+16.3%)	$1,363 → $1,546 (+13.4%)

Harrison

Population

28,13529,279

Median household income

$123,030$153,273

Median home value

$850,500$1,001,900

Median gross rent

$2,222$2,585

Mount Vernon

Population

67,89672,528

Median household income

$59,907$77,171

Median home value

$362,200$449,600

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	17.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.8%
75 and over	5.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	14.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	58.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	7.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	7.1%	15.4%
High school graduate	14.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	52.1%	48.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.5%
Public transit	16.6%	27.8%
Walked	6.1%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.2%	8.1%
Other means	1.8%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	50.6%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	30.6%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	13.4%
20 or more units	8.4%	33.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Harrison	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	4.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1963	1952