Fredericktown vs Mount Vernon

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

Fredericktown 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 2,634 in Fredericktown). Fredericktown has the higher median household income ($64,668 vs $54,335 in Mount Vernon). Fredericktown has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $161,400 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
Population	2,634	16,802
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,668	$54,335
Median home value	$164,500	$161,400
Median gross rent	$805	$909
Housing units	1,282	7,973
Homeownership rate	78.7%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
Population	2,501 → 2,634 (+5.3%)	16,667 → 16,802 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$51,117 → $64,668 (+26.5%)	$42,668 → $54,335 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $164,500 (+36.2%)	$118,000 → $161,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $805 (+17.5%)	$706 → $909 (+28.8%)

Fredericktown

Population

2,5012,634

Median household income

$51,117$64,668

Median home value

$120,800$164,500

Median gross rent

$685$805

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)

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
Under 5	6.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	17.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.8%
75 and over	11.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	2.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	40.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	80.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	73.2%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Fredericktown	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	14.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1961	1955