Mount Vernon vs Port Chester

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

Mount Vernon and Port Chester 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 31,162 in Port Chester). Port Chester has the higher median household income ($99,916 vs $77,171 in Mount Vernon). Port Chester has the higher median home value ($563,900 vs $449,600 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
Population	72,528	31,162
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,171	$99,916
Median home value	$449,600	$563,900
Median gross rent	$1,546	$1,922
Housing units	30,890	10,905
Homeownership rate	42.1%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
Population	67,896 → 72,528 (+6.8%)	29,342 → 31,162 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$59,907 → $77,171 (+28.8%)	$74,920 → $99,916 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$362,200 → $449,600 (+24.1%)	$446,900 → $563,900 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,546 (+13.4%)	$1,598 → $1,922 (+20.3%)

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

Port Chester

Population

29,34231,162

Median household income

$74,920$99,916

Median home value

$446,900$563,900

Median gross rent

$1,598$1,922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.6%
75 and over	8.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	14.8%	28.9%
Black or African American	58.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
No high school diploma	15.4%	21.5%
High school graduate	23.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
Drove alone	48.3%	56.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.5%
Public transit	27.8%	10.1%
Walked	4.5%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.5%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.6%
Other means	3.6%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
1-unit, detached	26.1%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	12.5%
20 or more units	33.8%	25.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Port Chester
Poverty rate	13.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1952	1955