Fredericktown vs South Mount Vernon

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

Fredericktown 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.

Fredericktown has the higher population (2,634 vs 702 in South Mount Vernon). Fredericktown has the higher median household income ($64,668 vs $50,234 in South Mount Vernon). Since 2019, Fredericktown's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -9.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
Population	2,634	702
Median age	42.0 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,668	$50,234
Median home value	$164,500	—
Median gross rent	$805	$1,073
Housing units	1,282	421
Homeownership rate	78.7%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
Population	2,501 → 2,634 (+5.3%)	778 → 702 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$51,117 → $64,668 (+26.5%)	$26,594 → $50,234 (+88.9%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $164,500 (+36.2%)	$58,200 → $65,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $805 (+17.5%)	$804 → $1,073 (+33.5%)

Fredericktown

Population

2,5012,634

Median household income

$51,117$64,668

Median home value

$120,800$164,500

Median gross rent

$685$805

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)

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
Under 5	6.7%	10.7%
5 to 17	10.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	42.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	4.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.6%
75 and over	11.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	7.3%	0.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
Drove alone	80.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	73.2%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fredericktown	South Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	14.5%	45.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1961	1938