Mount Vernon vs Ossining

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

Mount Vernon and Ossining 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 26,979 in Ossining). Ossining has the higher median household income ($100,997 vs $77,171 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($449,600 vs $444,200 in Ossining).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
Population	72,528	26,979
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,171	$100,997
Median home value	$449,600	$444,200
Median gross rent	$1,546	$2,108
Housing units	30,890	10,388
Homeownership rate	42.1%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
Population	67,896 → 72,528 (+6.8%)	25,086 → 26,979 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$59,907 → $77,171 (+28.8%)	$70,177 → $100,997 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$362,200 → $449,600 (+24.1%)	$360,300 → $444,200 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,546 (+13.4%)	$1,639 → $2,108 (+28.6%)

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

Ossining

Population

25,08626,979

Median household income

$70,177$100,997

Median home value

$360,300$444,200

Median gross rent

$1,639$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.1%
75 and over	8.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
White (non-Hispanic)	14.8%	40.6%
Black or African American	58.0%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	41.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
No high school diploma	15.4%	15.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
Drove alone	48.3%	58.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.1%
Public transit	27.8%	13.6%
Walked	4.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	13.4%
Other means	3.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
1-unit, detached	26.1%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	23.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	16.2%
20 or more units	33.8%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Ossining
Poverty rate	13.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1952	1960