Mount Vernon vs White Plains

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

Mount Vernon and White Plains 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 59,818 in White Plains). White Plains has the higher median household income ($115,586 vs $77,171 in Mount Vernon). White Plains has the higher median home value ($624,100 vs $449,600 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
Population	72,528	59,818
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,171	$115,586
Median home value	$449,600	$624,100
Median gross rent	$1,546	$2,151
Housing units	30,890	26,357
Homeownership rate	42.1%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
Population	67,896 → 72,528 (+6.8%)	58,137 → 59,818 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$59,907 → $77,171 (+28.8%)	$90,427 → $115,586 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$362,200 → $449,600 (+24.1%)	$568,400 → $624,100 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,546 (+13.4%)	$1,701 → $2,151 (+26.5%)

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

White Plains

Population

58,13759,818

Median household income

$90,427$115,586

Median home value

$568,400$624,100

Median gross rent

$1,701$2,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.7%
75 and over	8.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	14.8%	43.9%
Black or African American	58.0%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
No high school diploma	15.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
Drove alone	48.3%	49.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.1%
Public transit	27.8%	12.6%
Walked	4.5%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.1%	20.7%
Other means	3.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
1-unit, detached	26.1%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	33.8%	49.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	White Plains
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1952	1960