Danville vs South Mount Vernon

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

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

Danville has the higher population (747 vs 702 in South Mount Vernon). Danville has the higher median household income ($60,536 vs $50,234 in South Mount Vernon). Since 2019, South Mount Vernon's population has grown faster (-9.8% vs -32.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
Population	747	702
Median age	51.1 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,536	$50,234
Median home value	$140,300	—
Median gross rent	$572	$1,073
Housing units	406	421
Homeownership rate	75.0%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
Population	1,112 → 747 (-32.8%)	778 → 702 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $60,536 (+21.8%)	$26,594 → $50,234 (+88.9%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $140,300 (+55.9%)	$58,200 → $65,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $572 (-8.5%)	$804 → $1,073 (+33.5%)

Danville

Population

1,112747

Median household income

$49,688$60,536

Median home value

$90,000$140,300

Median gross rent

$625$572

South Mount Vernon

Population

778702

Median household income

$26,594$50,234

Median home value

$58,200$65,000

Median gross rent

$804$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
Under 5	10.6%	10.7%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	42.2%
35 to 44	6.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	4.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	5.6%
75 and over	9.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	1.5%	0.8%
High school graduate	61.1%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
Drove alone	71.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	20.3%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	71.7%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	22.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Danville	South Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	11.2%	45.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1962	1938