Danville vs Mount Vernon

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

Danville 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 747 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($60,536 vs $54,335 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $140,300 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Mount Vernon
Population	747	16,802
Median age	51.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,536	$54,335
Median home value	$140,300	$161,400
Median gross rent	$572	$909
Housing units	406	7,973
Homeownership rate	75.0%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Mount Vernon
Population	1,112 → 747 (-32.8%)	16,667 → 16,802 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $60,536 (+21.8%)	$42,668 → $54,335 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $140,300 (+55.9%)	$118,000 → $161,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $572 (-8.5%)	$706 → $909 (+28.8%)

Danville

Population

1,112747

Median household income

$49,688$60,536

Median home value

$90,000$140,300

Median gross rent

$625$572

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)

	Danville	Mount Vernon
Under 5	10.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	8.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	11.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	6.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.8%
75 and over	9.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	61.1%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	71.4%	78.7%
Carpooled	20.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	71.7%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	22.9%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	11.2%	18.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1962	1955