Mount Vernon vs New Rochelle

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

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

New Rochelle has the higher population (81,591 vs 72,528 in Mount Vernon). New Rochelle has the higher median household income ($103,813 vs $77,171 in Mount Vernon). New Rochelle has the higher median home value ($667,300 vs $449,600 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
Population	72,528	81,591
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,171	$103,813
Median home value	$449,600	$667,300
Median gross rent	$1,546	$1,830
Housing units	30,890	32,138
Homeownership rate	42.1%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
Population	67,896 → 72,528 (+6.8%)	79,067 → 81,591 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$59,907 → $77,171 (+28.8%)	$81,311 → $103,813 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$362,200 → $449,600 (+24.1%)	$575,300 → $667,300 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,546 (+13.4%)	$1,534 → $1,830 (+19.3%)

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

New Rochelle

Population

79,06781,591

Median household income

$81,311$103,813

Median home value

$575,300$667,300

Median gross rent

$1,534$1,830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
Under 5	5.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
White (non-Hispanic)	14.8%	42.0%
Black or African American	58.0%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	30.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	23.8%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
Drove alone	48.3%	50.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.5%
Public transit	27.8%	17.2%
Walked	4.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.1%	16.9%
Other means	3.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
1-unit, detached	26.1%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	33.8%	37.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	New Rochelle
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1952	1954