Centerburg vs Mount Vernon

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

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (16,802 vs 1,952 in Centerburg). Centerburg has the higher median household income ($73,875 vs $54,335 in Mount Vernon). Centerburg has the higher median home value ($242,200 vs $161,400 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
Population	1,952	16,802
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,875	$54,335
Median home value	$242,200	$161,400
Median gross rent	$741	$909
Housing units	718	7,973
Homeownership rate	66.0%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
Population	1,716 → 1,952 (+13.8%)	16,667 → 16,802 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $73,875 (+73.8%)	$42,668 → $54,335 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $242,200 (+56.5%)	$118,000 → $161,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $741 (+19.7%)	$706 → $909 (+28.8%)

Centerburg

Population

1,7161,952

Median household income

$42,500$73,875

Median home value

$154,800$242,200

Median gross rent

$619$741

Mount Vernon

Population

16,66716,802

Median household income

$42,668$54,335

Median home value

$118,000$161,400

Median gross rent

$706$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
Under 5	12.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.8%
75 and over	8.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	82.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	71.9%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	7.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Centerburg	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	8.2%	18.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1957	1955